Interview 33485 – Caption Index: 194
If we get into that situation where, you know, we’re having to return the, the polar bears to a, a reconstituted a arctic, how do we do that?… Read More
If we get into that situation where, you know, we’re having to return the, the polar bears to a, a reconstituted a arctic, how do we do that?… Read More
How, how, how do you reintroduce a polar bear?… Read More
Or they had no fear of snakes. So the researchers following the radio collar of a tamarind that’s already inside a red-tailed boa, we need to, with every reintroduction there’s species specific issues. So reintroducing animals that may not need to be reintroduced, but at least if we can learn… Read More
But the latter is, is more normally the example or once where, okay, let’s find out how do we do this?… Read More
What are the issues? Some examples?… Read More
I think the issue is that the list is very short or certainly a lot shorter than it should be. I remember, you know, we, if we were, if we were into an argument with a an anti zoo person, there would, it was the classic, and this would be… Read More
What, you know, the, the classic problems with the golden lion tamarind reintroduction where they were kept initially in enclosures where all the perching was bolted down and when they were released in, in Brazil and they touched a branch that moved, it’s like, whoa, what’s that?… Read More
And I think part of it’s cultural, but I think part of it has been, there’s been a real concerted effort to make sure that that is possible. Will it continue to be so, remains to be seen. But I think, I think India’s a really interesting example. Read More
How’s this, would you say zoos or requirements have been in achieving the reintroduction of species back into the wild?… Read More
I think, I think India isn’t, is is a really interesting example for other Asian countries and, and maybe, you know, west central African countries to look at and how have they squared the circle of people living in close proximity to big dangerous mammals?… Read More
That said, and now because I do quite a bit of work in India, I, I was sitting in an airport, I think it, it might have been Mumbai and waiting on a flight. I’m just looking out the window. And here we are in one of the most populous… Read More
Now How difficult do you think the future for Asian and African elephants in the wild is?… Read More
I think that for the African bush elephant, I think there are, because of the, the national parks, I think they’ll, they’ll be need to, they’ll need to be more manipulation of the animals. But I they will continue to exist in what passes for a wild state. I think… Read More
So there’s all these skills that we have that we take to a degree we take for granted in the zoo community are increasingly applicable from managing what passes for wild places. Read More
So to go back to my definition of mega zoos, you know, that, that our ability to manage small populations, to transfer animals, the, the drugs that we have developed for dealing with animals up close and personal, just our whole approach to, you know, how do you, if you… Read More
The, I think one of the most, there was, we had a, when I started here at London, there was an American vet who was on the team Barkley Hastings. And I, I think I’m correct in saying that Barkley was the first vet zoo experience that went out to… Read More
Is there a wild out there or have the majority of wild spaces been turned into managed wild zoos?… Read More
I generally use the term mega zoo. I think, you know, people have this illusion still of say, you know, eastern or southern Africa being, you know, this big wild place. And you know, more and more of these parks are privately run, they’re fenced areas, they’re highly protected. There… Read More
Will we be able to recreate them, you know, if the the Great Barrier Reef gets bleached over, are we gonna be able to create a, a new bar, great barrier reef somewhere further north or further south?… Read More
Oh, we met the polar bear at Highland Wildlife Park and it was absolutely amazing. And they’re doing a great job and the bears are really well looked after. Read More