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Interview 34015 – Caption Index: 463

So where does conservation, breeding and zoos line up with these other things?… Read More

Interview 34015 – Caption Index: 464

Is it the most important or equal or how does it line up?… Read More

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Well, if you plan a release project, then this breeding programs are most important. And I think all of our field projects are combined with breeding program because there is a flagship species, which were fur. I mean near or far further future we want to release. We had talked… Read More

Interview 34015 – Caption Index: 462

And in conservation, conservation breeding is one thing. Is that the most important relative to other conservate conservation activities, which might be field research re-introduction. Read More

Interview 34015 – Caption Index: 461

So this is a method which is also adopted by, accepted by the people. You always have to find methods which the visitors accept. If you do something they don’t accept like the case in Nurnberg, but which are mentioned then you get cheat songs. This is impossible here. So,… Read More

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Anti pill. You don’t have that in us?… Read More

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Not that I’m aware of Really? No. I wonder now, in the baboons, there were the, the population was expanding. Expanding. There were 120 baboons on that hall rock. And then we started to ize the males, the dominant males. So there’s no change in their habits. I mean in… Read More

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Well, I don’t have any problems to kill hoofstock and to feed it to other, I mean predators. There are species where you can’t do this. These are primates, for instance, great hips at particular. You cannot kill a great ape and feed it through the lion. So you have… Read More

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When you talked about reporting to you, your professional opinion on how zoos, we’ve touched upon it, but how zoos should be dealing with surplus animals?… Read More

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But why would you prefer the first person? The zoo?… Read More

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Because I want to have everything in my hands. They have to be good people under me for the economy and, and, and et cetera. What they have to report to me. Understood. Maybe a bit, a little bit old fashioned, but I am old Now. Read More

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Well, I of course believe the zoologist as the, a better man on the peak of this organization. Nowadays, many zoos have two directors, one animal director, one business director that’s even here. The case since I retired, it’s not bad, but I prefer the first version. Read More

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In your opinion, is it better to have a zoo person who understands animals or a business person who understands business for running and being the head of the zoo?… Read More

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After the turn, the politic political turn in Europe, we all on a sudden had zoos in the eastern part of Europe, in Romania, in Bulgaria, et cetera, Serbia, which were substandard. And we helped them to raise the standards. We had a committee for technical advices, et cetera. And… Read More

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Well, you should of course study biology, zoology, but you should be aware that this aim zoo director is not very possible. So they should always have something in the hand doing as, as what, whatever. As a teacher at school, as a researcher in the university. So whenever there’s… Read More

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You indicated that there are not very many good zoos in Africa, in your opinion, but what do you think a zoo or aquarium can do, can affordably do to help upgrade in developing countries their zoos?… Read More

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What do you tell them?… Read More

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What do you tell person, a young person in college who has a sincere interest in a zoo career to experience study degree?… Read More

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So this was, this was a young man who consequently followed up his idea and his direction and he was successful. But this is very rare. Look at me. It took me also 42 years to, to end up in the zoo. First I had to struggle with IES and… Read More

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Yeah, it is very difficult to advise somebody to, to take the zoo career because there are very, very few zoos in Germany. And of course there are all, some, quite a number of curators, but only one director. And if you want to be zoo director, you must be… Read More

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