Interview 366 – Caption Index: 379
was that under Grzimek or under Faust?… Read More
was that under Grzimek or under Faust?… Read More
That was a tragedy insofar as it was, well, during Grzimek’s time, most building were Faust’s building. He usually did the planning and realization and so on. And the Grzimek House started when Bernhard Grzimek still was director. And I don’t know how long it took, probably about 10 years. Read More
And especially for apes, for example, the problem after World War II was there are a lot of parasites in apes. And during these times, you haven’t had the medicine to treat these parasites. And so the solution was to have clean enclosures that can be hosed down five to… Read More
It was always a question, to me even, how to follow the follower of Professor Grzimek. And I always answered, I think it’s wonderful to move from the Hediger zoo to the Grzimek zoo. But for Richard Faust I think it was totally different. He was the opposite person to… Read More
One of the exhibits at the zoo, the Grzimek House for Small Mammals, when was that put together?… Read More
What kind of legacy did he leave for Dr. Faust to work with?… Read More
Was it this bigger than life person and now the second he had to take over and in his shadow or was Dr. Faust his own director?… Read More
You needed to do more in Frankfurt?… Read More
Zurich Zoo was a little bit bigger. Zurich Zoo has elephants, Frankfurt hasn’t had any elephants left. But the biggest difference that set Zurich built new exhibits every one, two, three years. So Zurich Zoo was more or less up-to-date and renewed. And in Frankfurt Zoo, there were no new… Read More
If you would like to tore down immediately the carnivore house, the big cat house, and the ape house, and the city thinks well, it’s a wonderful zoo and you would like to tore down maybe half of the zoo. So I had to go step by step. The first… Read More
Was there a difference in the physical of the zoo?… Read More
Zurich was bigger than Frankfurt?… Read More
Better buildings?… Read More
But I took a few people together and said, what do you want?… Read More
Okay, I agree to this one. These are just two examples that it was not so easy to move from Zurich to Frankfurt. Read More
Cultural differences or physical differences?… Read More
Before I became director in Frankfurt, I was usually once or twice a year in Frankfurt. We have had a lot of meetings in Frankfurt and I have had friends in Frankfurt, visiting them and so on. So I thought moving from Zurich to Frankfurt is just like moving within… Read More
And I said, of course, number one is the best. And the team that I took together, maybe three, four persons said, oh, horrible. Number five is the best. And I discovered that it’s a totally different viewing of posters. And of course I didn’t have to convince me to… Read More
Okay, when you became Director of the Frankfurt Zoo, did you get any advice from past directors or friends of yours who are in the profession?… Read More
Well, I was already 51 when I became Director of Frankfurt Zoo, which is in Europe, nowadays, rather old to become director. And my predecessor I knew for a long time and we worked very well together. And I usually visited, he has had his office in our administration building… Read More