Interview 366 – Caption Index: 523
One last question, in this cooperation thing, has the EEP and the SSP tried to be cooperative with one another in the needs of each, not each zoo, but of zoos within those two different areas?… Read More
One last question, in this cooperation thing, has the EEP and the SSP tried to be cooperative with one another in the needs of each, not each zoo, but of zoos within those two different areas?… Read More
And a sloth shouldn’t be kept single. It can not reproduce being kept single. So I think we are going more from the animal side and look what the animals need and try to make it attractive to the visitor. Read More
And the American way is rather, how can I attract the visitor?… Read More
I already mentioned, if we planned a new exhibit, we first made a collection planning and then looked what is the requirement for each species?… Read More
How do they live in the wild and what habitat and so on?… Read More
And then we gave this to the architect. And I learned in a zoo I was very graciously welcomed, a totally different approach. It’s a huge, I do not call it a zoo. It’s a huge exhibit and the director said, and you know here, we needed some colors so… Read More
Is it just one-on-one, director-to-director or is there a relationship?… Read More
The relationship between European and North American zoo directors, and these including Australia, are of course to reach in the forefront of zoos. It’s of course mainly, or it takes place mainly during the WZA meetings. But we have had a lot of American colleagues visiting Zurich and afterwards Frankfurt… Read More
And another difference is creating new habitats, which I think is totally different. Read More
Of course, at first, everything was new as the zoo director and I had to learn a lot of things. But the position was very interesting and I liked the position, as before the curatorial position, very much and I wouldn’t liked to have missed both curator nor director positions. Read More
What was the relationship between the American zoos and the European zoos?… Read More
I always think a network of communication and exchange of ideas is very important. And I’m an old-fashioned man so I think the direct contact and knowledge of colleagues helps very much in solving problems or getting exchanges or so on. And I always considered it as one of my… Read More
After a few years on the job as director of the zoo, did the glamor of the job wear off?… Read More
What was it generally like being the zoo director?… Read More
So there’s even a meeting planned on this topic in Switzerland next year. And I think with such a position, you can really help. And unfortunately, just before I started, this position was ended. And I only learned that I could create the position again just shortly before my retirement. Read More
You talk about important. You’ve been involved with the World Zoo Association. Read More
How important is that organization in the development of zoos around the world?… Read More
For the curatorial staff, I think Frankfurt, again, was the first one to create the position of a volunteer curator. That was a position with a very, very low salary that was just for one year. Under special circumstances, one could add a second year but definitely not more. And… Read More
In Germany, the big discussion is now, how do we get new zoo directors, young zoo directors?… Read More
I think nowadays a visitor expects this help, yeah. Read More