Interview 34015 – Caption Index: 459
Anti pill. You don’t have that in us?… Read More
Anti pill. You don’t have that in us?… Read More
Not that I’m aware of Really? No. I wonder now, in the baboons, there were the, the population was expanding. Expanding. There were 120 baboons on that hall rock. And then we started to ize the males, the dominant males. So there’s no change in their habits. I mean in… Read More
When you talked about reporting to you, your professional opinion on how zoos, we’ve touched upon it, but how zoos should be dealing with surplus animals?… Read More
Well, I don’t have any problems to kill hoofstock and to feed it to other, I mean predators. There are species where you can’t do this. These are primates, for instance, great hips at particular. You cannot kill a great ape and feed it through the lion. So you have… Read More
But why would you prefer the first person? The zoo?… Read More
Because I want to have everything in my hands. They have to be good people under me for the economy and, and, and et cetera. What they have to report to me. Understood. Maybe a bit, a little bit old fashioned, but I am old Now. Read More
Well, I of course believe the zoologist as the, a better man on the peak of this organization. Nowadays, many zoos have two directors, one animal director, one business director that’s even here. The case since I retired, it’s not bad, but I prefer the first version. Read More
In your opinion, is it better to have a zoo person who understands animals or a business person who understands business for running and being the head of the zoo?… Read More
After the turn, the politic political turn in Europe, we all on a sudden had zoos in the eastern part of Europe, in Romania, in Bulgaria, et cetera, Serbia, which were substandard. And we helped them to raise the standards. We had a committee for technical advices, et cetera. And… Read More
You indicated that there are not very many good zoos in Africa, in your opinion, but what do you think a zoo or aquarium can do, can affordably do to help upgrade in developing countries their zoos?… Read More
Well, you should of course study biology, zoology, but you should be aware that this aim zoo director is not very possible. So they should always have something in the hand doing as, as what, whatever. As a teacher at school, as a researcher in the university. So whenever there’s… Read More
What do you tell them?… Read More
What do you tell person, a young person in college who has a sincere interest in a zoo career to experience study degree?… Read More
So this was, this was a young man who consequently followed up his idea and his direction and he was successful. But this is very rare. Look at me. It took me also 42 years to, to end up in the zoo. First I had to struggle with IES and… Read More
Yeah, it is very difficult to advise somebody to, to take the zoo career because there are very, very few zoos in Germany. And of course there are all, some, quite a number of curators, but only one director. And if you want to be zoo director, you must be… Read More
And why would you recommend it if you would?… Read More
Would you today recommend the zoo, aquarium field to a young person who had sincere interest in wildlife and conservation?… Read More
The man from Atlanta. The man from Atlanta. Terry Maple. Terry Maple. He was the one who introduced the term zoo biology into English, into the, I mean English speaking countries. And he also, as you know, established in a a, a journal called Zoo Biology, which still exists. And… Read More
And this was, I was honored very much by this word. Read More
Now who is it?… Read More