Get back to basics. The, the anti zula will always claim, or it used to be a claim anyway that, well you only produce baby animals to, to bring people in. And it’s certainly an excellent way of bringing people in. Obviously there are many more reasons for producing baby… Read More
You go and ask the zookeepers that are out there that are dealing with the public’s questions and how they behave and you know, watching them watch zookeepers as well as watching your animals. You’re watching, watching visitors, what works, what doesn’t, what they’re doing, what they should, what shouldn’t… Read More
Do you have any advice for the neophyte zoo manager about the importance of marketing the zoo?… Read More
Is it to do with the breeding cycle of the animals and the visitors have, have, are not connected to it whatsoever. You know, that’s something that you want someone actually collecting data on and it’s not something that a a, an employee of a zoo is necessarily capable of… Read More
Pick one of those. So I think it can be important, but I think it’s research needs to be guided by the professionals within the zoo so that we’re getting key questions answered that we need answered that we, that we don’t know the answers to or, or we’re not… Read More
I think, I mean, certainly for, from my own, my personal perspective, the research that I’ve always been interested in is when trying to crack the husbandry of a species that doesn’t have a captive history. So that, that from a research point of view, that would be my particular… Read More
How important would you say reacher research in zoos is today and why?… Read More
Yes, it did. They went up. It was also an example of a story that was so badly interpreted by reputable news organizations. I mean the, the, the rubbish that was spoken about what did or did not happen at Copenhagen Zoo on that day, you know, if it, if… Read More
I, I think the threat of anti zoo groups has been over-inflated zoo attendance levels in places that are well run seem to be, they don’t seem to be decreasing. If anything they stay level or increasing zoos that make the, the investments in their facilities and you know, have… Read More
It wasn’t, did it affect attendance levels at Copenhagen?… Read More
Yes, it is, but I think it’s being skewed away from being able to interpret from experience whether an animal’s in a good place or a bad place. Read More
Is indication zoos doing any good, particularly in boosting the image of zoos among the public in the face of anti zoo groups?… Read More
Are the tools that are being created useful?… Read More
So is welfare important?… Read More
I would imagine they are, but I think they be, they will become a crutch and alright, you haven’t filled out the form, so therefore you don’t know of whether that, of whether that animal has good welfare or not. Well, I can, from working with the animal for the… Read More
You should know a good bit about that species behavior, you know, how they should cope, how they’re interacting with their enclosure. If you’re working with an animal every day, you should be able to make a fairly accurate welfare assessment just from your own casual observations. But now it… Read More
And welfare is a bit like that you by, right?… Read More
And he was going, what you talking about?… Read More
I said, well, you know, particularly from your point of view, it seems that for them to be able to judge whether their animal is emaciated, obese or all right, they need to have a chart that right, you know, from one to six, you know, emaciated to obese so… Read More
And, and I made the comment, I said, when when did, when did Zookeepers go blind?… Read More