Well, it, it is, obviously it does. I’m, I’m not sure that it actually attracts any extra people. It is an addi, it’s an additional fac very family oriented additional facility, which, which provides an added dimension to the day out. And obviously many of the people coming to the… Read More
So what factors did you take into consideration when you said North Carolina has a dog show?… Read More
What was the purpose? A dog presentation?… Read More
I mean, I’m just just quoting the extreme there, but there are lots of things that have happened in the past. I think today both the zoo world and the audience is much more aware of whether an animal is comfortable or likely to be comfortable or not. So there… Read More
And even if you’re doing that, are you quite certain that that animal is comfortable in that situation or, or are there aspects of welfare where, you know, over handling a snake for example, that you know, is not used to being handled by a lot of people for six… Read More
A lot of animals may seem to be comfortable in human presence, but give signs that they’re not, does it, does the show, does the show display behavior which is unnatural for that animal?… Read More
So the question that any animal handler, anybody conducting the show needs to ask is, is this an appropriate behavior to encourage the animal to do, or are we asking it to do something which, which is simply for human entertainment, is not really telling the audience anything valuable about… Read More
But if you are using non-domestic animals, then the whole question is, does what are you actually demonstrating with that animal?… Read More
Does it fit with firstly that animal’s comfort level?… Read More
So how do these animal presentations, we’ll call ’em, have to speak to animal welfare, you mentioned?… Read More
Well, the first thing, I mean, if you’re using, a lot of people now are using domestic animals, which obviously are, are much used to being handled by people. I mean, North Carolina has gone over to actually a very good dog show and is not doing any shows with,… Read More
Well, I don’t, I don’t think, I don’t think they need to earn their keep as show pieces. I, I mean, yes, of course there are lots of ways in which one can demonstrate animal behavior, all sorts of aspects of, of animal biology in, in what one might broadly… Read More
Yes. Give Example, I would use the example of animal rides, animal shows, but you do feel, why do you feel they need to earn their keep?… Read More
Yes, absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, capturing, obviously capturing names and addresses as far as far as we could. I mean, you had some reluctance with some people, but being able to get to at least a proportion of those folks a little bit later to ask them what they… Read More
Do you think animals need to, in the zoo, need to earn their keep?… Read More
So you had a plan in order to get to them a month later?… Read More
If you, if you are engaging your audience more effectively, then your long-term survival is going to be more assured than it is if you’re not bringing them in. So finding out what they feel about your zoo, their zoo, you know, it’s that it’s your audience that you need… Read More
And how are you doing that? How are you engaging them?… Read More
It isn’t primarily to breed a lot of endangered species, that that may be a part of it, but the, the most important function is, are you serving the purpose that your community wants you to serve within reason?… Read More
I always went, you know, when people ask me the question, what’s the purpose of your zoo?… Read More