Interview 38268 – Caption Index: 346
They’re disappearing. What can we do?… Read More
They’re disappearing. What can we do?… Read More
Well, you know, no, you’re private and you know, we we’re biologists we’ll know what to do. It’s like, oh, okay. You know, that’s too bad. Read More
And not go through all this geopolitical stuff that we have to go through to say, all we wanna do is help and don’t bury us in paperwork and and don’t tie our hands. You know, that creeps back to the Florida panther thing. I mean, you know, if you’d… Read More
Let’s open up the doors between ourselves and collaborate on something. I, I’ve been trying to work in Georgia on salamanders, the highest concentration of salamanders within 50 miles of where I live. They’re a indicator species of climate change and pollution. Read More
What can we do with the native species that are there?… Read More
Zoos, they took it over. But zoos are still involved with it. But what we went through to accomplish that was really hard. A lot of meetings, a lot of in fighting so to speak, a lot of bickering between state biologists, government, federal government, biologists and zoos, you know,… Read More
I think it’d be great for zoos to start adopting national parks and say, what can we do to work with you?… Read More
And if they want to be involved with a zoo, in most cases it’s like, what can you give me money wise?… Read More
And that doesn’t always sit well and, and you look at it and say, well yeah, now there’s some zoos like the Houston toad, things like that, black-footed ferre, you know, that’s a fish and wildlife program now who started that program?… Read More
I think it can be. I think the biggest problem is, is the attitude of the, of the biologists and the government employees that are involved. Because there’s still that stigma that you’re zoo. Read More
Why do you think zoos have not really picked up on the challenge and worn in numbers?… Read More
And is that kind of program still viable?… Read More
Is there some commercial aspect to it?… Read More
Well, yeah, look at crocodiles, most crocodiles would, well not most of ’em, but a lot of ’em would be gone now if it wasn’t for the Hyde industry, especially in South America. Well now there’s thousands of black caymen, you know, I mean there’s more than you’d ever want. Read More
And this is where we run into potential issues with fish and wildlife as to whether it’s a listed species, endangered or whatever. But we need to come to an agreement with them to say that this isn’t about commercialization, it’s about sustainability. Read More
What am I gonna get back?… Read More
For like birds or reptiles and even some mammals that came from the private sector. And we have just kind of said, oh no, no, no, you know, we don’t wanna do that. I disagree with that. No, you don’t want the Tiger King involved. Of course he’s in jail… Read More
But for a private individual, that’s a big deal. You know, the bigger the animal, the more rare it is, the more they’ve spent money on it, the more they’re gonna take care of it. So I think there’s a lot of things we could do in the future with… Read More
Well, for many years, where do you think the science of reproduction came from?… Read More
They lowered the status of their SSP programs to where if you’re red, green, or yellow, whether you can have non a ZA institutions or private people get involved with your program. And they finally realized you need to do that from a genetic and demographic standpoint. But being afraid… Read More