Interview 33485 – Caption Index: 354
That when you see a pair of European bison in a zoo, and even if they breed, is it, are you really looking at European bison?… Read More
That when you see a pair of European bison in a zoo, and even if they breed, is it, are you really looking at European bison?… Read More
And it’s because I anticipated that they were gonna give birth. I think one of the reasons why carnivores and zoos lose their first litters is the keepers aren’t prepared or they don’t expect them to be pregnant or they haven’t, there is no nest box. They haven’t put things… Read More
People talk about, alright, we’re managing zoo populations for conservation reasons and you know, and it’s important to have as genetically as, as as broad a genetic base as possible. Yes, we are conserving genes, but for many species, particularly the more complex ones, we should also be conserving behavior. Read More
We’re not entirely sure exactly why, but we know that they are much more socially adept individuals when it comes to them being part of the breeding population. Once they mature, you remove bears as was routine in zoos. Bear cubs from their mum prematurely, sometimes at like six months… Read More
And she brought in a domestic kitchen strainer, handheld strainer, so find mesh and the enclosure floors, they were quite small exhibits and just a, a a little layer of sand. And so every day it was possible just to sweep up all the sand and then cve it through… Read More
What do you mean?… Read More
Again, I mean, it’s going back to understand where you’ve come from, understand your industry, be well read, be well traveled so that when it comes time to come up with a new approach, being able to think outside the box. I mean the polar bear enclosures that are built… Read More
Do you have any suggestions for those aspiring to make a difference in the zoo world?… Read More
But when I was a keeper, you never saw other, other than when I went to the states and I went either out west or down south, you never saw non-Caucasian zookeepers. ’cause culturally it was still okay. That’s, that’s not like a, that’s a, that’s a, that’s a, a… Read More
And so enabling them to do that, but but also changing that whole attitude of being a zookeeper is a cool job. It’s not something to be looked down upon, even though it may not pay very well. You know, it’s, it’s a, it’s coming from an atheist. You’re doing… Read More
And I said, no, she’s, you know, the, she’s made for this job. I think she’s still at Singapore Zoo now. And she’ll, and she’ll be very, she’ll be great at it. And it was like, so in Singapore as, as affluent and as westernized as Singapore is, there was… Read More
Can you pick someone else?… Read More
I work out in Asia. I mean, I, when I was in Singapore, I had to keeper her vacancy. I did the interviews and there was this, this, this one woman, and she had a, she was Chinese Singaporean, she had a biology degree from Cambridge University in the uk. Read More
And, you know, and it, it was almost, can you dissuade her?… Read More
’cause a job that wasn’t there to enjoy a job, was there to put food on the table and pay the rent. So, and it took me a long, it took, absolutely, it was an interview almost like this where the penny dropped and it was like, that’s what, that’s… Read More
’cause if I run into someone who’s anti zoo, right, I’m, I’m just not in the mood for the argument anymore. So I’ve been a gynecologist, an architect, a plumber to avoid the, on the rare occasion, usually I do like a row to avoid the, that conversation, but, but… Read More
This is what I want to do. You know?… Read More
And for, you know, from a working class Scottish background, the idea of having a choice of two jobs, and it took me a long time to, to realize this, that why would you take the job that paid less money?… Read More
The realtor?… Read More
The job became sexy when I, I remember when I started got my first zoo job at Edinburgh and, you know, I’d I’d as every young zoo person that you’d, you’d r I’d written letters off to huge numbers of zoos to try and get a job, try and get… Read More