That said, and now because I do quite a bit of work in India, I, I was sitting in an airport, I think it, it might have been Mumbai and waiting on a flight. I’m just looking out the window. And here we are in one of the most populous… Read More
I think, I think India isn’t, is is a really interesting example for other Asian countries and, and maybe, you know, west central African countries to look at and how have they squared the circle of people living in close proximity to big dangerous mammals?… Read More
So there’s all these skills that we have that we take to a degree we take for granted in the zoo community are increasingly applicable from managing what passes for wild places. Read More
I think that for the African bush elephant, I think there are, because of the, the national parks, I think they’ll, they’ll be need to, they’ll need to be more manipulation of the animals. But I they will continue to exist in what passes for a wild state. I think… Read More
Now How difficult do you think the future for Asian and African elephants in the wild is?… Read More
The, I think one of the most, there was, we had a, when I started here at London, there was an American vet who was on the team Barkley Hastings. And I, I think I’m correct in saying that Barkley was the first vet zoo experience that went out to… Read More
So to go back to my definition of mega zoos, you know, that, that our ability to manage small populations, to transfer animals, the, the drugs that we have developed for dealing with animals up close and personal, just our whole approach to, you know, how do you, if you… Read More
I generally use the term mega zoo. I think, you know, people have this illusion still of say, you know, eastern or southern Africa being, you know, this big wild place. And you know, more and more of these parks are privately run, they’re fenced areas, they’re highly protected. There… Read More
Will we be able to recreate them, you know, if the the Great Barrier Reef gets bleached over, are we gonna be able to create a, a new bar, great barrier reef somewhere further north or further south?… Read More
Is there a wild out there or have the majority of wild spaces been turned into managed wild zoos?… Read More
What, what better way to get the message across about, about polar bears or the roles that zoos play or whatever, you know, the, the general public had our best advertising tool. Read More
What better publicity could you want?… Read More
Oh, we met the polar bear at Highland Wildlife Park and it was absolutely amazing. And they’re doing a great job and the bears are really well looked after. Read More
The polar bears at Highland Wildlife Park, we’ve seen people burst into tears, not because they were frightened or anything like that, but they were just so overwhelmed by being obviously with a fence in the way. But being that close to a live polar bear and the, and for… Read More
And what did you do last weekend?… Read More
I’m sure there are some zoos that probably oversubscribe to these activities, but I would like to think that most do it in a sensible way and do people get a lot out of it?… Read More
Well, I mean, I’ll be honest, when I was running the animal department at the Highland Wildlife Park, we we’re ahead of our, our sister and, and more senior partner, the Edinburgh Zoo in starting, you know, keep it for a day programs or meet the polar bear, you know,… Read More
So what is your feelings about zoo feeding programs?… Read More
Yeah, that, but yeah, there needs to be a justification would be the way I would, I would put it. Read More
So yeah, to use your term, do they have to earn their keep?… Read More