But the, the staff of both work together on, on a more or less a single program of, of activity. And what’s happening is that particularly the US one is supported by a number of US zoos. WW always has had good support from about 10 or a dozen of… Read More
But certainly wanting to work with ’em on particular projects. And the other one is the whole question that we’re, you know, we’ve been talking about, which is one zoo giving help as a zoo to another zoo or to a zoo association. So those are the ways in which… Read More
I I’ve never heard of. But what we’re finding is that those sort of association or those, whether individual zoos or associations are, are want, want more help with improving their welfare. And, and while welfare obviously is a very good way to, to channel that, So is wild welfare,… Read More
You know, I’m talking about mostly developing country zoos. The answer is yes, but very often the same issues that we talked about in, in other partnerships is not really understanding what that, what that involves. But what we are seeing in, while welfare is growing interest in individuals within… Read More
And the other, and the other part of the question, which is, should, should zoos be doing more in terms of improving the welfare in other zoo?… Read More
I mean, there were, you know, if they tried to go in and sort out problems with as they saw problems zoo, they simply didn’t have the expertise and certainly not the expertise to go beyond the immediate emergency needs. And so what, while welfare is doing is taking a… Read More
And they all knew that I was, you know, either running London Zoo or, you know, but in later years after, while Welfare was formed here, here in, you know, was in north with, I was a zoo director. But what that did was create a medium in which I… Read More
Now, the, the amusing story, I’m going off on a tangent a bit here, but the amusing story is that when I’d been one year at Whipsnade as the first full-time veterinary officer there, I got this strange call one morning from a lady saying, would I go to Cairo… Read More
This is in 1970. And so, yes, I thought this sounds rather interesting. So I did, and it was funded by this organization called The Brook. It was called the Brook Hospital for Animals at the time that had been founded in the 1930s by the wife of the Commanding… Read More
And he, and I’d already done some work in, in Africa on what happened on the back of my involvement with the Kabul Zoo. You know, after the American troops took over Kabul, we raised funds to regenerate that zoo. And then a little bit too, with the Baghdad Zoo,… Read More
A lot, but not, I mean, I’m, I’m very much in touch with the folks. I’ve senior staff and my, you know, my successor and I are very close and we meet frequently to talk about how things are going. So in terms of my involvement with the, with the… Read More
Now you are retired from directorship, but to what extent do you continue to be active in, in the animal conservation field?… Read More
Absolutely. But I wonder if in the end they might morph into one, again, a bit of background going back a few years at not so much a ZA big comp, but the, you probably know there is a director’s retreat every, usually every January. And I know on several… Read More
They’d love to be part of the team, if you like, but, but simply don’t see how they’re gonna get there. But if there’s a will in both those organizations to have it all come together, in my view, many will disagree in my view. That’s the way it should… Read More
And certainly what I’ve found is that you are at that age level and before they reach the young adult and young parent age group where again you can engage them more easily because of the youngsters, you are better off with teenagers trying to encourage those that really want… Read More
Is there room for both?… Read More
We talked about families coming to the zoo and how can zoos do you think, improve their connection with kids and teenagers to heighten their zeal and awareness about the natural world?… Read More
Teenager are, are really tricky and, and and always will be. And I think even more so now with, you know, with, with social media, with every, everything that they tend to be attached to through our, you know, you know, through our devices of one sort or another. I… Read More
You know, what is appropriate? What is an appropriate mix?… Read More
And also, you know, marketing can be really expensive and so, and there’s often a lot of resistance I’ve found to other departments in, in your zoo and to your governing body about spending vast sums on marketing. So understanding the ways in which you market to your audience is… Read More