Say it’s a balance. Okay. It, it’s a balance. We wanted to bring this mega, this species to this city to help inform and help educate. And we wanted to do it humanely with great animal welfare in place that requires this amount of space. Okay. And we decided to… Read More
I don’t know. You know, the, the biggest challenge is when Jacque Gau, I remember Jacque Gusteau because the undersea world of Jacque Gusteau, there were three networks at the time. Okay? It wasn’t YouTube, there wasn’t social media. It was e everybody would talk about Ee world of Jacque… Read More
Mother Earth and her residents need a huge champion. We talked about exhibits. When a zoo spends multimillions of dollars on a gorilla or an elephant or a tiger exhibit, and critics ask why this money, which is usually in the multimillions, is not used to help the animals in… Read More
We need heroes. We absolutely need high profile heroes who are advocating, you know, Attenborough, you know, those kinds of wonderful people who are out there advocating for the earth for its diversity to protect it. Read More
Yes. You know, Jane, obviously Jane’s getting quite on an age, you know, do we have any of those right now?… Read More
My examples certainly are Jacque Sau or Jane Goodall, et cetera. Read More
Do we have any of those type of people now that you’re aware of?… Read More
Do you think we have any, or do we need any charismatic committed heroes to help shift public opinion regarding conservation?… Read More
What would you say is the role of conservation, breeding or breeding for conservation purposes in zoos relative to other conservation activities?… Read More
You know, I think, I think a a zoological institution needs to make a, a limited commitment to a number of species that they can do. Okay. I think zoos can do a better job of educating about conservation and informing about conservation and doing some field conservation. And I… Read More
I, I think you make a commitment to, I believe in taking care of an animal to its natural death or until proper because of the quality of life issue. You design spaces, you make a commitment to a species or you make a commitment to individual animals. Okay? You… Read More
Just because he was surplus doesn’t mean that we don’t want Ted anymore. And so, I mean, we had to provide resources and space for ’em, but you do that to the best of your ability and you actually plan on that. And if you can’t really manage a species… Read More
So how does zoos deal with the surplus animal issue?… Read More
And the humane thing to do after great analysis and discussion and physical examinations, all kinds of, you know, tests on the animal, good science said the proper thing would be to euthanize because of the health of an animal. That’s very hard to explain to people who are emotional… Read More
They do. And Aquariums It does. I mean, I mean, it’s very easy to get the word out these days. It’s, it’s very hard to hide true information, you know, of, of euthanizing an animal or something like that. I actually understand why euthanasia, it can be used properly as… Read More
You know, that that has to be great internal discussion for everybody to come to a consensus that euthanasia may be is the proper thing because of the quality of life that the animals is existing in. I don’t personally believe that you just euthanized because we don’t need it… Read More
I mean, when, you know, when Fido hits us starts and, and I, certain issues, and I think every zoo needs to have its system of analysis regarding is euthanasia appropriate regarding the quality of life, regarding the staff?… Read More
The sur for surplus or genetic issues et still pose a political problem they do for zoos?… Read More
You know, no matter where you live in the world. So I think, I think zoos do, the United States zoos do have that opportunity. And, and I would recommend pursuing it and helping out those zoos, those those countries that really want to build, build a collection. Read More
’cause her goal was to serve the locals, to show them what animals lived in their neighborhood, in their country of bays. And she just, you know, she came to the United States, asked to help raise money, you know, have volunteers go down and help her build it. And… Read More