Oh no, absolutely not. If a, if a zoo does not have the support of its community, then they, the, the, they may not be doomed to failure, but they’ll have way more problems than they actually need to, to cope with the, being sensitive to the local community, having… Read More
And then the next one did it as well. And, and I’ve since, you know, spoken to the handful of people who, some of ’em who’ve worked with Brian Hyenas and relayed this story, so yeah, yeah, yeah. We’ve seen that every now and again as well. It’s really weird,… Read More
And we put them together and it was three hours nonstop super heavyweight wrestling championship. No blood was drawn, no damage was done. They were basically having a great time. And from that point, they were literally inseparable. And I mean, again, going back to my, my friend and mentor… Read More
Can you tell us what you meant?… Read More
I mean, as far as you know, there, there, there is, there’s always a percentage of people in the zoo business who see the job the way you do. They, they have a similar intensive interest in zoos and everything about them. It’s almost like carved into their DNA, you… Read More
Not In part, yes, but not necessarily the original Howlet Gorilla Cage or Gorilla Go Rium, I think they called it, which is basically an enormous big cage with all kinds of playground style equipment in it and a big deep straw floor before people started using substrate. That’s about… Read More
So I, I want, I keep it simple. Low tech, Is that what you mean by the bio Functional School of design?… Read More
How does that work? You know, I can’t see the operating slide from this position. It’s stuff like that, you know, so, so being part draftsman, part architect, experienced zookeeper, that’s kind of the three elements that you need to for approaching zoo design. And keeping it simple, I’m not… Read More
And you can do that when you’re visiting the site to agree the plans, the building goes up and then you go back on, you know, just before opening day, it’s like, where’s the window?… Read More
I hate guillotine doors. The number of animals that have been injured by them. The times that, you know, the cable will snap at the most inconvenient point. Always have horizontal slides. You can, you can always alter a design to enable that to happen. I, I’m, I’m always interested… Read More
So you want, and, and while it’s being built, you go and visit the building site at least every day, if not every other day. Because there will be things where once it starts going up for real, it’d be like, actually you’re about to put that door in. It… Read More
I’ve always thought we should really be putting every effort into developing a, a genetic test that will identify zoo architects at birth. So we can kill them before they actually do some real damage. But that probably won’t be possible, at least not in my lifetime. So my approach… Read More
It’s the term. It’s the term. I think it is. It is another one of these cop out names. You know, you know, we’re a, we’re a wildlife conservation center. You’re a zoo, own up. Be proud of the fact you’re a zoo. Stop trying to come up with some… Read More
What’s your approach to zoo design?… Read More
If you’re a bio park, the general public can’t even find the 10, nevermind, read it. Read More
Come on, I’ll make you a cup of coffee, let’s go. So dealing with problems as they come up. But nowadays you’ve got a tip toe around it and let’s have a sit down and have a wee chat and make sure you’re okay. And how do you feel about… Read More
And you will never make that mistake again. Right?… Read More
And you know, this is one of the things I tell you know, when, when, when it gets serious, someone may be barking instructions. It’s not a time for discussion. It’s not a time for, well, let’s have a think about this. Do as I’ve, I’ve told my staff in… Read More
You know, we had to deal with it, we dealt with it. You all done great, brilliant. We’re going down the pub, I’m buying. But during the event, but nowadays you’ve got people who you didn’t raise your voice at them because you’ll have HR on your back because they,… Read More
You have used the word the zoological woke is what does that mean?… Read More