All men, Not only, not all, all of them, but about 90%. And every year we, we, we advertised the position of the, what do we call the learning animal keeper. And we took at least two females to two to three males. And by the way, by the time… Read More
Did you start the conservation things, these programs when you were director?… Read More
If not, when did women keepers start at the zoo when you were here?… Read More
Were they all men? Were there women keepers?… Read More
Were the employees at the Colon Zoo, were they diverse?… Read More
Sometimes I met very nice people to some of which I today still have contacts. Read More
Yes, yes. There’s a long board of sponsors in the place where yesterday were, I don’t know how many hundred of people who sponsored the elephant house with different sized sums. Read More
Did you enjoy fundraising?… Read More
But in the end it, it ended in an architect in which I was very satisfied because it, if I would have an architect from Ugal, it would little be different to communicate with him. Read More
Were you involved in any way in the fundraising for this?… Read More
This is not possible. So they agreed on a new project, they agreed on the large project, which is only also very costly and insulting. We had first to collect our own ideas and I took one expert on Asian elephants in Germany, Fred Cook, he has spent his life… Read More
So, and then of course everybody said, now could I do without, without elephants?… Read More
For the, for the elephant park design?… Read More
Was it a difficult choice For the board?… Read More
Yeah, yeah. Well I, it did not take much effort to convince my board on the necessity of a new elephant house. The alternation would have been that we stop elephants and this building, I would never keep elephants, animals, I mean elephants on the long term. Read More
And ultimately, was it difficult to pick the final design for the elephant park?… Read More
What I said before, people, visitors should believe that this exhibit looks like in nature is a part of nature. I think this is most necessary. Read More
So for the benefit of the elephants, Do you have in your mind what the ideal zoo exhibit design approach is?… Read More
What’s, what components are important in putting together an exhibit?… Read More
So at, at first the exhibit must be large enough and we offered 10% of the space of this Sioux for elephants. Formally there had been moved stock mainly and a big pond, which is now gone. Read More