Interview 366 – Caption Index: 290
Okay. You talked about animal programs that you helped to develop. Read More
Okay. You talked about animal programs that you helped to develop. Read More
What about the physical buildings and exhibits?… Read More
Did you use ear notching?… Read More
Did you, how were you able to identify many of these species?… Read More
I’m a behaviorist. And nowadays rather conservationist but, at that time, behavior was very important for me. And of course you need to individually know each specimen and, therefore, chips do not help in identifying animals from a distance because when a pair is mating, you cannot capture them and… Read More
Or do you keep it open, as in all Tanzanian national parks?… Read More
They are never, ever fenced in. And the fencing in is a very dangerous thing because migrating animals can no longer migrate. For example, we visited the Karoo National Park in South Africa and wanted to see the black wildebeest that occurred there. And when we arrived, there was none… Read More
Did you, how did you identify animals at the zoo?… Read More
We imported, the six animals from California and Arizona. And then we bred 50 Arabian oryx, in my time, and offspring born in Zurich Zoo but were sent to Shaumari Reserve in Jordan and to Saudi Arabia. Read More
How successful was this program?… Read More
Well, the program in Shaumari was too successful. So that means, I can’t remember the size of the area, but Shaumari Reserve was fenced in and the population grew too big. And so there was a breakdown because of diseases. So that’s always the problem in your fence-in reserves. That… Read More
Were you involved in the re-introduction program of the Arabian oryx?… Read More
We sent Arabian oryx to Shaumari Reserve in Jordan and to a project in Saudi Arabia. So we were a little bit involved, but only after my transfer to Frankfurt, I think more Arabian oryx went back to the Arabian peninsula. Read More
These animals that were re-introduced, were they born at the zoo or were they imported from different zoos?… Read More
Was this the black, who was the black rhinoceros?… Read More
No, that’s not, no. No, that was something else. Read More
Can you give us a little background?… Read More
In Jordan, the Arabian oryx?… Read More
Or was there an animal named Jordan?… Read More
Probably both. We were talking about different animals that you have had success with, the gorillas and so forth. Read More