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What was the zoo like when you first started?… Read More

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What kind of zoo was it?… Read More

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I was allowed to start volunteer work when I was 16. And so I worked as volunteer keeper almost every holidays between the age of 16 and 19. Read More

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So as a volunteer, your responsibilities were the same as an animal keeper or different?… Read More

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When I reached the age of 16, I was allowed to work as a volunteer keeper in Zurich Zoo. And I started in the monkey house and later on, went to the terrarium. And since I’ve worked every high school holidays in Zurich Zoo. Finally I was able to do… Read More

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How old were you?… Read More

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Were you 16 then, when you were doing this volunteer work?… Read More

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But did you volunteer for the zoo?… Read More

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No, I not even got the reprint from the first describer. Read More

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And when you got this job at the pet shop, was this your first exposure to be working and being with animals?… Read More

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Yes, the pet shop was the first exposure to animals, but one job I didn’t like because it was just selling fishes and birds, and so on, But I couldn’t go to the zoo, working in the zoo before my age of 16. And so, therefore, I first went to… Read More

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What did they think about that?… Read More

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I got total freedom from my parents in the selection of my profession. Now, early on in 1956, when you were 13-years-old, you had made a discovery, blue neon tetra fish. In my childhood, I worked in a pet shop in Zurich, and I found a new neon tetra. I… Read More

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Did they name it after you?… Read More

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So your parents knew you had an interest in animals at an early age?… Read More

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My parents learned it through my weekly visits to Zurich Zoo that I was very much interested in animals and zoos. Read More

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Did you bring animals home or were you only seeing them when you went out?… Read More

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Do you have brothers and sister?… Read More

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Well, I have three elder sisters, but neither the parents nor the elder sisters were interested in animals. And we lived in the middle of the city, downtown Zurich. And so I haven’t had much space for animals. My first animals were turtles and tortoises, which I still keep. And,… Read More

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When you were growing up, what zoos were you first exposed to?… Read More