Interview 33485 – Caption Index: 255
And two, why do you say Heine Heger is an idol of yours?… Read More
And two, why do you say Heine Heger is an idol of yours?… Read More
All of them had some sort of biological qualification in one way, shape, or form, which does not prepare you a jot for being a zookeeper. Let’s, let’s continue on zookeeper. You can. Read More
And Joe and I, and Joe had a degree, Joe and I were arguing the toss for a good two hours. I was pleased with myself being able to hold a conversation with the zoo professional for that long. And the fact that he was willing to appeared, willing to… Read More
And I went in and a lot of the conversation that I had with Joe was, do I go to university or to go straight into the job?… Read More
And it was, I want to work in zoos. And he was just like, oh, wow. I said, yeah, I’m sure that’s unusual. He said, no, what’s really unusual is you know what you want to do. He said, all of us never hear that. But I said, he said,… Read More
Naturally, bill didn’t respond to a 16 or 15, 16-year-old, whatever it was. And Joe Davis, who was former curator of mammals there, and at that time he was scientific assistant to the director. And Joe wrote to me, he said, look, come on in. And my guidance counselor at… Read More
There’s a few places that are still managing to train their staff, but it’s increasingly few. So I think zoos used to hire people from farms. You had guys working on hoofstock collections who maybe grew up on a farm and, you know, knew their way around dealing with big… Read More
You know, we had the, the, the first career interview and it was Right, what do you want to do?… Read More
I mean, you know, it goes for any walk of life, you know, how do you know where you’re going if you don’t know where you’ve been that understanding of, of how, how did we learn how to look after this species properly?… Read More
There is a, with a, a lot of zookeepers today, there’s a disregard for, you know, historical husbandry techniques, but in many cases they might be actually the best approach for dealing with this animal or that animal. And a good example is, okay, the training of animals seems to… Read More
Absolutely. A love of animals is not one of them. People who are effusive in their love of animals usually make really bad zookeepers. They usually make really bad pet keepers as well. Actually having an interest in animals, having a real interest in zoos, you know, like me having,… Read More
And I appreciate that, you know, we were not exactly in a major metropolis, but I wasn’t seeing those kids anymore. There’s been a shift and I, I, I can’t explain it and I’ve, I’ve spoken to, to long-term colleagues about it, you know, are you seeing these people and… Read More
So I think in a modern context, instead of, okay, right, we’ll have a relationship with this zoo because we want, we’d love to have, you know, zebra dyker or you know, some other obscure species and we want a sister relationship so we can help our sister zoo raise… Read More
Are there traits that you would say an animal keeper needs to work in a zoo?… Read More
Do you feel that zoos have enough sister city relationships with other zoos?… Read More
It seems to be something that has kind of fallen by the wayside. The the zoo community went through a, a phase of doing that and it, it certainly, it’s, there has been, you know, mutually beneficial relationships in that way, often through exchanges of animals. You know, the, the… Read More
What do you think, you know, having that conversation with the keepers as the director or as the collection manager or whatever you, whatever position you have to be in, walking the job is vital. If you don’t do it, you’re not doing your job. You don’t know the place… Read More
Do you think what, is there something else we can do here to, you know, make it better for the animals or to make them more active or, you know, increase breeding?… Read More
’cause I’m rubbish with names. But I think that being out there, being seen, knowing what your zoo’s up to, you know, what, what needs dealing with what’s being done really well, congratulating pe people on site about doing a good job, asking their opinion. Read More
Well, looking at the komo dragon enclosure, right?… Read More