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And what was your relation with the director?… Read More

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He hired you?… Read More

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Did you interact with the staff as this part-time registrar?… Read More

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At that time in Zurich Zoo, there was just one curator for the aquarium and terrarium. That was Rene Honecker, who was a very good friend of mine, and I worked in his office. So we had almost daily contact, not only at the zoo, but private as well. Read More

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And because you had worked as the keeper before that, as a volunteer, did the keepers then know who you were and accept you?… Read More

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At that time in Europe, the position of registrar didn’t exist, as the animal records were kept by the curators. Which in some ways I think it’s not too bad because the curators work daily with the animals, make a lot of personal observations that can be included into the… Read More

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So you, what was the day like?… Read More

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Did you interact with the curators?… Read More

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And what was your first position?… Read More

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My first position was, at that time, this name didn’t exist, but nowadays it’s a registrar. And Heini Hediger told me, I cannot pay you more than a cleaning woman. And he paid me, or Zurich Zoo paid me 50 Swiss francs a month. It was not the full-time position,… Read More

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And were there many registrars around zoos in Europe or was this a unique position for Zurich?… Read More

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So you were working at the zoo while you were pursuing your studies?… Read More

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During my studies, I already worked at Zurich Zoo. I even worked rather more for Zurich Zoo than for my studies. So it took very long until I finished my PhD on the social behavior of colored peccaries. I finished it only in 1976. Read More

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So when did you go from being a volunteer at the zoo to receiving money and being paid to work at the zoo?… Read More

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Tell me about your schooling. You went to Heiden Grammar School. Read More

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Then what?… Read More

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Well, I visited school in Zurich and I was a very bad pupil, but I never had to repeat a class. You went to college. I went after finishing high school. I went to University of Zurich, where I studied zoology and I finished my study with a PhD under… Read More

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When did you realize that you wanted to do this as a lifelong career?… Read More

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For me, it was clear from small infancy that I wanted to be involved in zoos. But after finishing high school, I thought I have to be sure that this is a right choice. So I thought about architect, but a fellow pupil told me there are enough bad architects. Read More

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And what was, now, what was your schooling like?… Read More