Interview 366 – Caption Index: 319
Have they become closer together with their workings because of the European zoo association?… Read More
Have they become closer together with their workings because of the European zoo association?… Read More
Has this brought them closer together?… Read More
Well, the European Association of Zoos and Acuaria was founded originally as a European Union zoo association. Even after the Iron Curtain is no longer existing, we are two parts. It’s European Union, nowadays 28 countries, and non-European union countries, as Switzerland, for example. And the European Union zoos needed… Read More
No, I wasn’t paid. If I would have cared for money, I would have become banker. Read More
The European collection of zoos, is it because of the organization?… Read More
When comes the election?… Read More
And they said, it doesn’t work, two German-speaking men. You have to have one German-speaking, one French-speaking, and you have to have one man and one woman. And so we tried to select a French-speaking lady and we finally succeeded. And I think this commission is very important. Probably not… Read More
And with this, they want to make it difficult to keep certain species, for example, elephants and polar bears. So I think this commission is really important for the zoos. And I was president of this commission when we have had excellent relationship. The secretary, who was a vocal person… Read More
Was this a position you were paid for?… Read More
There is a commission in Switzerland responsible for sizes and for the minimum cage requirement of I think about 12 people or so. And in ’92, two of the persons resigned and I was selected as a replacement and another man. And it shows the specific difficulties of Switzerland. Originally… Read More
And so as the secretary approached the Swiss government, what’s wrong?… Read More
How important is the group?… Read More
What’s the mission?… Read More
Why are you in it?… Read More
What were the challenges when you were doing the master plan?… Read More
Well, the master plan in Frankfurt was a very difficult one because I was hired in Frankfurt Zoo to start a county zoo of over 60 hectares. But after moving to Frankfurt, it was very clear to me that Frankfurt is not yet ready for this county zoo, especially there’s… Read More
Frankfurt Zoo survives without elephants and therefore these animals had to be retained until the county zoo opens and this was a difficulty in Frankfurt. In 1992, you were President of the Federal Commission on Species Conservation. Read More
But afterwards, with the architect, you cannot have such a large team. So it usually was with the architect, just the director and the assistant director. Read More
And how long do you think, ideally, the master plan should be in effect?… Read More
Well, the reality is that usually a master plan lasts as long as the director is director and the new director starts a new master plan. That’s, unfortunately, the reality. But I think a master plan should last for about 20 years, probably with checking it after about 10 years… Read More