Interview 33485 – Caption Index: 174
What better publicity could you want?… Read More
What better publicity could you want?… Read More
What, what better way to get the message across about, about polar bears or the roles that zoos play or whatever, you know, the, the general public had our best advertising tool. Read More
The polar bears at Highland Wildlife Park, we’ve seen people burst into tears, not because they were frightened or anything like that, but they were just so overwhelmed by being obviously with a fence in the way. But being that close to a live polar bear and the, and for… Read More
And what did you do last weekend?… Read More
So what is your feelings about zoo feeding programs?… Read More
I’m sure there are some zoos that probably oversubscribe to these activities, but I would like to think that most do it in a sensible way and do people get a lot out of it?… Read More
Well, I mean, I’ll be honest, when I was running the animal department at the Highland Wildlife Park, we we’re ahead of our, our sister and, and more senior partner, the Edinburgh Zoo in starting, you know, keep it for a day programs or meet the polar bear, you know,… Read More
So yeah, to use your term, do they have to earn their keep?… Read More
Yeah, that, but yeah, there needs to be a justification would be the way I would, I would put it. Read More
You know, why, why do we have the, you know, why is this species here?… Read More
And it may be a common one, but it’s used as an analog for a threatened one that either we’re trying to learn more about them or we’re using it as an example for, from an educational point of view for, for the public. Read More
Do you think animals need to earn their keep?… Read More
That’s a good one in as much as how things have changed with keeper experiences and whatnot and you know, right. You know, you’re allowed to feed the animals, then you’re not allowed to feed the animals and now we’re charging you extra to feed the giraffes. And so there… Read More
Similar sort of social unit, similar sort of lifestyle to mere cats and to the general public. You know, Sue Lake could probably pass for a mere cat, you know, you one can make substitutes, but, so I think the space issue would not be one if we stopped devoting… Read More
No, we don’t. Do we need another European enclosure?… Read More
So I think it, a lot of it’s down to species selection. And so go back to a previous question where it said, you know, like, you know, what’s the emphasis I think it should be on people keeping, you know, conservation, important species, threatened species, zoos, waste a lot… Read More
So, alright, do we need another meca enclosure?… Read More
So I, I think it’s making more of the examples and celebrating those examples and having some kind of mentoring program where, you know, and you know, whether this is something that the regional zoo associations can play at is, right. You know, we, we looked at your, you’re one… Read More
I mean, I’ve been responsible for making polar bears a palatable species for zoos within the UK in particular. And, and a lot of it was to do with space. How we kept that species before in general was appalling. So now we’re looking at a, a very large scale… Read More
Does space continue to be a problem for Zeus As alright?… Read More