Interview 34015 – Caption Index: 480
So what can you, do you think that you may know about the profession that you’ve been in, that you’ve given many years of your life?… Read More
So what can you, do you think that you may know about the profession that you’ve been in, that you’ve given many years of your life?… Read More
There are several of them in England. Almost all the zoos are privately owned. Only I think London, which is owned by a society and not by the city in the way, in that way. And they do all of them, not all of them, but most of them do… Read More
I’m thinking of White Oak Conservation Center and others that are owned privately who have money. And example you mentioned is the Middle East, where private owners have spent lots of money. Yeah. And bought talent. Yeah. To run a zoo In Germany. We have Hagenbeck in Hamburg, which is… Read More
Well continue the conservation line. This is the main purpose of zoos nowadays. Read More
What are your thoughts about people with money who own private zoos and do you believe those that private zoos will survive the length of time that municipal zoos have?… Read More
What direction would you think would help them stay relevant?… Read More
Are you concerned about zoos and aquariums staying viable and pertinent in the next 25 years?… Read More
What do you say?… Read More
Well, the, to improve the exhibit to build a new exhibit is just to make the people convinced that this is a part of nature. Otherwise it will not accept at all that animals are kept at you. So you have to invest this money first and it pays back… Read More
Certainly in England or in Red Britain. We know him from the tv and I like him very much. I mean the way he presents the topics, but of course he’s no two man. But it’s not necessary to promote our mission. When zoo spends multimillion dollars on a gorilla… Read More
Or an elephant exhibit or a tiger exhibit, and critics say, why don’t you spend the money to help the animals in the wild?… Read More
Would you say David Attenborough is one of those people?… Read More
Well, not of that format. Like in the US Milk Conway was for me, that guy who was dominating the community and who brought the it forward, but he passed away. And I don’t know if there somebody else came up to represent him. Read More
Are there, is there anybody out there?… Read More
Do we need, or do we have at this time any charismatic heroes to help shift public opinion for conservation?… Read More
Well, if you plan a release project, then this breeding programs are most important. And I think all of our field projects are combined with breeding program because there is a flagship species, which were fur. I mean near or far further future we want to release. We had talked… Read More
So where does conservation, breeding and zoos line up with these other things?… Read More
Is it the most important or equal or how does it line up?… Read More
So this is a method which is also adopted by, accepted by the people. You always have to find methods which the visitors accept. If you do something they don’t accept like the case in Nurnberg, but which are mentioned then you get cheat songs. This is impossible here. So,… Read More
And in conservation, conservation breeding is one thing. Is that the most important relative to other conservate conservation activities, which might be field research re-introduction. Read More