Not from the house, they were just in the keepers, they left their enclosure and entered the keepers gangway. But of course that was a critical situation. And I managed to finish the press conference without the press people discovering that the Bonobos escaped into the keepers gangway, and this… Read More
I was neither the killer nor the victim. Read More
Do you feel that, well, were there any memorable situations when you were on television?… Read More
Did any animal leave you when it shouldn’t have?… Read More
Well, it was not training as an actor, but I was asked to play a very small role in a TV production set. A murder show, that took place in Frankfurt Zoo, when I was director. And the scenario had the role of the zoo director and I was asked… Read More
Was the zoo director the killer?… Read More
Did you take to working in television and having to be in television easily?… Read More
Did it come easily for you?… Read More
Well, I started, Heini Hediger has had a row of TV shows and at that time, he always took an animal or a few animals into the TV studios and this I had to arrange, so I had some training. But I am rather a shy person and I do… Read More
Although, didn’t some of your formal training come as an actor?… Read More
When you were involved in the radio and television, was it significant in getting the word out about zoo animals and zoos and did these programs help?… Read More
I think it’s important and becoming even more important to get the news about zoos and the importance about zoos and saving species and doing conservation is becoming more and more important. Unfortunately, we never scientifically measured the impact of the shows in which I took part. Read More
I think they were not in one room. I think they took pictures in different places and then put together the program. Read More
About zoos?… Read More
It was about animals. I don’t think that Conrad Lawrence talked about zoos but it was probably rather behavior of animals. Read More
Well, I never have had my own regular programs. But I was actually at programs in TV and radio but already as curator and later on as Director of Frankfurt Zoo, of course, I was asked to act in a lot of TV programs. And the most famous one was… Read More
What was it about?… Read More
Well, for me, it was just the three big hats and I can’t remember on what it was. It is long time ago. Read More
Was it unusual to get them all together in one room?… Read More
I think there are two main points Hediger wanted to be known. The most important probably is respect for animals. And the other one is that zoos are justified, scientifically justified. And this, I think, is becoming more and more important since animal rights organizations try to stop keeping dolphins… Read More