Yeah, no, I think that, I think that’s a great concept and it is beginning to happen. There are, there are a number of zoos now both here and in Europe that are partnering in some way or another with, with a national park. And I, I’m presuming here we’re… Read More
Is it still viable?… Read More
Why have zoos not picked up the challenge in more numbers?… Read More
Absolutely, yeah. And I think with some species, groups of species, birds and herps particularly, a lot of private breeders have done a much better job than, than some of the zoo well have both in, in the ways they keep them and in the conservation value, the breeding value… Read More
Do you think, how do you think private breeders, can they be partners with zoos?… Read More
And so one had different, different leadership, some of whom wanted to get too involved. So trying to get that balance where you have to sort of, you have to have a good relationship with that form of governance, but you don’t want, particularly if they’re not knowledgeable on the… Read More
No apol interference in a sort of broad sense too. I, and I think it depends what your mechanism of governance is and also you know, how financially strong you are and it, it comes back again I think to the quality of governance. I had big issues in London… Read More
Well, as I I mentioned just now, I think, I think certainly being more aware of the outside world and the other institutions that they could partner with, that that’s certainly one thing that they should be doing. Clearly they’ve got to try and address their, their audience, which means… Read More
And, and you’ve had some experience, do you think a zoo can build any kind of insulation against interference from politics?… Read More
Yes. What major direction must zoos be taking?… Read More
What issues would you like to see zoos address in the future?… Read More
So that’s, that’s one, one concern is building those relationships with, with other people. Read More
Sorry, can you, can we just give, can you just repeat that question?… Read More
So the, and and, and of course in addition to, in in, in, within all those concerns, you’ve got one or two of the things we’ve just touched on, which is the, what will public attitude be to zoos in the future?… Read More
So in the future, what issues would you like to see Zoos address Much more partnership with other outside in partnership, obviously with other zoos where it’s appropriate, but I’ve been a strong believer in, in zoo directors, making sure that they’re also involved in, in the governance or in… Read More
Will it change, will it, you know, will it, will it improve with the way that zoos communicate what they’re doing to their audiences?… Read More
Oh yeah, yeah. Well I, I mean the big one is for, from, in my experience anyway has, has been financial in trying to make sure that you’ve always got the resources both to maintain and to build new exhibits. So that’s, that’s one concern. Another one is actually governance. Read More
There needs to be a great deal of improvement in, in governance and that means often training those people in, in better governance. And then other things are more or less, we touched on a little earlier, is finding people to manage our institution, to manage our zoos that have… Read More
What issues caused you the most concern during your career and how do you see the future regarding those same concerns?… Read More
Sorry, those same, What issues caused you the most concern during your career and how do you see the future regarding those same concerns you might had?… Read More