Probably pissed off, fewer directors. That might have been a start. Maybe. I think I learned not to burn bridges the hard way, be more of a, a political animal than I was slightly less blunt, probably just rolling out all my character flows. I think that would be the… Read More
And people will say, oh no, you can’t keep this or you can’t keep that. And my response is, no, we just don’t know how to keep that or how to keep this. It doesn’t mean we can’t, it just means we don’t know at the moment. At the moment. Read More
But it, for all intents and purposes, it was successful. So we have species today. I mean, I mentioned the flying lemurs earlier. That was one of the projects that I wanted to explore at Singapore. ’cause we had a wild population there. They, you know, their, their captive lifespan… Read More
Of course it would. Is it doable? Yes, it is. I sent some pictures recently to a friend and it was ones I, I’d come across online and, but I remember the story and it was that gray whale that they had, that they rescued at, at San Diego SeaWorld. Read More
Almost definitely. Yes. Will it cost a fortune to do?… Read More
Is that, you know, are you gonna have to have some kind of backup industry, you know, growing food for these animals?… Read More
And my answer is yes. Is it a huge complex of pools? Yes. Read More
There’s a, a quote which I’m, I might not get exactly right, but, and I think it was in the early 1920s and, and Hornaday the, the first director of the, of the Bronx suit, he said, you know, given our experience, we will never see an adult gorilla in… Read More
So to use the extreme example, could we possibly house a blue whale?… Read More
’cause then you’re getting into dealing with emotions over facts. Your premise is that we can maintain anything. Read More
Why do you say this?… Read More
Are there issues that you’d like to see the International Zoo Associations addressing now?… Read More
I think we’re back to topics that we’ve covered and that’s, you know, euthanasia is a management tool for the for, for population, for species survival. And the, I think what is an, an issue that hasn’t quite surfaced yet, and that’s dealing with geriatric animals and being able to… Read More
That, that they’re in a place that does good work, that is important, that has the welfare of their animals and the survival of species at the core of what they do. That they will sacrifice good viewing for good animal welfare when necessary. You know, not locking animals out… Read More
I think under understanding animals and understanding visitors and if you understand animals, it does give you a, a, a, a, a novel perspective and understanding people. Read More
And that, that’s kind of a, of a starting point. There’s a great picture from Knowsley Safari Park in the UK when they opened their tiger enclosure and one of their PR shots and it was, they had this covered sort of boardwalk area, huge big window, and the boardwalk… Read More
What would you want families and their kids to feel about the zoo?… Read More
I was, I think a lot, some of it is, is very basic and almost mechanical in as much as I was at a, I was asked to do a job at a zoo India and lovely big enclosures, substantial safety barriers and a bloody great hedge behind each safety… Read More
And so it’s bearing in mind, you know, can a small person see the exhibit?… Read More
How do you feel zoos can improve their connection with kids and teenagers to heighten their zeal and awareness about the natural world?… Read More