Well, the main exhibit I could complete in my time was were the elephants. And in the old master plan from the fifties, there was no word, no idea to keep the elephants elsewhere as in this old building from 1864. And of course time has changed. We have learned… Read More
Did you help make a couple of exhibits that you wanted to go first in the master plan that were key to you and making the Cologne Zoo better her?… Read More
Did you have policies that you started to think about and implement for the running of the zoo?… Read More
Certainly we improved feeding, we improved transportation, all these kind of things. Read More
In this master plan that you did, what did you design and, and add in the planning?… Read More
Like how to feed animals or policy about handling animals or about moving animal?… Read More
Did you develop policies that helped change the zoo?… Read More
I think yes, yes. Was very interesting. Were you able to do it on your own or were there people guiding you through the process of the Of course I Paperwork, Of course I have had a very good, what do you say, leader of the administration department, the financial… Read More
Did you develop policies?… Read More
Did you enjoy this part of the job?… Read More
Of course, yeah. And would you have to then present this budget to the holding company First, to the holding company and I had to submit my records to the City of Cologne to the government for the subsidy we receive. Read More
And how difficult was budgeting for you?… Read More
Do you have any stories that you could share with us, situations in the zoo where you learned something as director that where you learned a lesson?… Read More
Were you, were you involved heavily in having to do policy for the zoo and budgeting for the zoo?… Read More
I, myself, Yes, Until lesson I had to learn very much because my poor zoo experience was very limited. But if you ask me not specifically, I had to learn. It’s all too long ago. Read More
Well all in a sudden you are a well known person in the city because you appear in the papers and the radio and tv, et cetera. So very quickly you are, I mean, established in the Cologne Society and you are invited to all events, which I was never… Read More
What about some of the things that may have surprised you in a bad way?… Read More
Oh, I don’t know if I can call it bad, but after some few years already, I could not move through the city. Everybody knew me and some wanted to greet me, et cetera. But nowadays, you see after 20 years ago to the city, nobody knows me anymore. Read More
That you could talk about the good things that surprised you and the bad things?… Read More
But what surprised you about the position of director?… Read More