Interview 33485 – Caption Index: 386
And, and I made the comment, I said, when when did, when did Zookeepers go blind?… Read More
And, and I made the comment, I said, when when did, when did Zookeepers go blind?… Read More
Now some zoos used to do their own expeditions. Bronx Zoo was a good one. London did it to a limited extent, but there were dealers that you could rely on. And most of the, the populations we we are managing now, it was dealers that provided the animals. So… Read More
I think Do Zeus and Aquariums need to be more involved with animal welfare?… Read More
So they need to get over themselves and have a sensible review of, okay, right, how are we gonna do this?… Read More
No, it wasn’t. But there’s this, there’s a complete lack of understanding or perspective of why the wild is still an important resource and why for many of the species that we allude to managing on conservation grounds, if the population isn’t gene on a sound genetic founder base, then… Read More
Was it an appropriate way to collect baby apes?… Read More
’cause I’ve seen stuff now. Well, you know, the gorillas that came into this zoo or that zoo. ’cause they were, they were poached from the wild. No, they weren’t. It was completely legal. Read More
I said, you the animals you work with, you do realize where either they or their parents or indeed their grandparents, how they came into captivity and by what means?… Read More
He said, how many you work with apes?… Read More
And about a third of them put their hand up. Read More
But I was in a workshop or hovering around the edge of these workshops, they had a, a keeper conference and one of them was about, you know, bringing animals in from the wild. And I’m standing there on the edge and I’m listening to all these self-righteous individuals talking… Read More
And this goes completely against the grain of how most young people within the business are looking at it. And you mentioned, you know, you the, you know, if they know who Gerald Dole was, but, and you suggest cynically that oh yeah, he was an animal dealer and they’ll,… Read More
He sold that, When should animals be taken from the wild Why On as regular basis as possible?… Read More
I just think it shows a very lackluster approach to developing an animal collection. Even, even from the, the point of view of, as we say over here, getting bums on seats, getting people through the gate. I think it’s a lackluster way of approaching it when they could use… Read More
Is that really what you need to have to bring visitors in?… Read More
And it’s like, is is that really the best use of your resources?… Read More
And it’s the fad element of it. I mean, in this country, maybe elsewhere, CAPY bars are now the big thing, interesting animals, largest rodent cool to look at, aquatic terrestrial, but everybody is desperate to get capi butter. Read More
I think ahead of the curve in as much as what they could do, I absolutely not. No, I think there’s, there’s odd places. Jersey under Mallinson and Darl, they were ahead of the curve because they, they went after species that no one else had even considered the majority… Read More
Would you say that zoos have been ahead of the curve in conservation, breeding of endangered species?… Read More
What is their biggest challenge?… Read More