Well, first of all, until then, there were only very few people allowed to go to the Palma. This was of course, a part of Afghanistan, but it was ruled by Kgi Han. And he communicated directly with the Afghan king on the same level, you know, and I had… Read More
So I think we had about at least 20 Ys and we were on horseback. And it took us several days to, to come to the great palm here where the kgi are living. The Kgi at that time were the last free living tese because all the rest of… Read More
Yes, very much. And you must know this was, was the, what the Afghans themselves say, the golden time of Afghanistan. We were free to roam all over the country, which we did and saw every part of the country. And every three days I, we, we went out outside… Read More
How did you receive permission and what effect did it have on your general philosophy about animals?… Read More
And were the zoo receptive to receiving your advice?… Read More
Yes. Yes. Read More
Did you feel that your time as a animal keeper at Cologne to help give you some knowledge and Of course – That you felt you could do this other job of advising the zoo?… Read More
Yes. And you became the scientific advisor, is that correct?… Read More
Yes, The zoo, Yes. And Practically I was a director of the zoo. There was nobody else, but my main job was those and at the university and on the sideline I managed the zoo, which was connected, which was founded by the university. Read More
But yet, am I correct, in 1965, you were an assistant animal keeper?… Read More
Yes, At the Cologne Zoo During my study when I was a student, I worked here as a animal keeper and learned very much because I was allowed to work in with the elephants, with great apes, even with birds, with hoofed stock. So I got a quite good overview… Read More
Why did you feel getting this degree was important to you?… Read More
Well, I went to bond to take up the study of zoology or biology, and I was much disappointed that all these interesting animals like gaffes, like hippos, like great Abe, like elephants, they don’t play any role in a university study. So I looked around and, and one the… Read More
Good, good question. Doff had a zoo destroyed and never rebuild after the war. So my first visit to the zoo was to book. And I was much impressed by ELAs, by polar bears, by great apes, and so on. From the beginning on I was enthusiastic about zoo animals. Read More
But when you were, before you went to the university, the only zoo you had seen was cologne or no other Zoos?… Read More
But when I was in director here many years later, more than 30 years later, I thought, this is not anymore. What do you say, up to date nowadays we have different opinions, how to keep polar bears and I stopped them the whole thing. When you, so you’re going… Read More
In a barrack castle. And it’s wonderful. The whole university is in the castle. But the Zoological Institute was in a separate little class. And I liked it very much and did my studies. And when I finished my studies, I was sent to Afghanistan. We had an affiliation, I… Read More
That’s, This is establishment where children mostly don’t have any parents or don’t have only one parent are housed and school and et cetera. And I was not very happy there. So I was glad after some years that I could leave the, this establishment and was brought up in… Read More
Is it called internet?… Read More
And of course I had to to follow her, but she didn’t have a a an own apartment. This was a, a rented room, furnish room, that’s it for many years until she got the first living apartment. And I was put into internet. Read More