I would hate to think that any zoo is paying lip service to it. I really would. You know, I was proud of the few little things we did. I always wanted to do more. I never thought we were gonna change the world. I never thought we were going… Read More
And that’s way above my pay grade. Read More
But is it our job, so to speak, to ensure that countries halfway around the world that we have no control over manage their wild places and wild resources in a responsible manner?… Read More
I don’t, I can’t wrap my head around that as someone who was director of a medium-sized zoo, that I could ever have that kind of impact. Doesn’t mean, I guess I should be honest and say it doesn’t mean you don’t try, you don’t look for those opportunities, but… Read More
Financial? Is it still viable?… Read More
I think it’s a great idea. I wish zoos could do more of it, but again, it comes down to resources. And, you know, if you’re struggling to, if you’re struggling to maintain your zoo or to, you know, build new exhibits or pay competitive salaries to your employees, to… Read More
Is that really the mission of the zoo?… Read More
The Adopt-a-Park concept seems like a natural for zoos to assist the wild. Read More
Why have zoos not picked up on the challenge in more numbers?… Read More
It was so frustrating, so frustrating. These things have to be taken on a case by case basis. Well, you mentioned it. Read More
Is there a wild out there, or have the majority of wild spaces been turned into managed wild zoos?… Read More
A little bit of both. I tell people that, to my knowledge, I don’t think there is a black rhinoceros in Africa that’s wild. They’re all being followed 24/7 by rangers armed with infrared, night vision binoculars, and rifles too, or they’d be dead within 24 hours from poaching. And… Read More
What are some of their stories, and was Riverbanks involved in this?… Read More
Probably one of the first efforts that really succeeded we were involved in, so were a lot of other zoos, and that was reintroducing the golden lion tamarin back in Brazil. That program was one of the early programs that really succeeded. Scimitar-horned oryx, Przewalski’s horses, California condors. But that’s… Read More
It’s a real challenge. It’s a real challenge. And it takes a lot of money, a lot of effort. You have to have host countries, host governments committed to making it happen. That has not always been the case. One of the programs that we were intimately involved in with… Read More
They’re going to be managed to extinction, those smaller institutions. Read More
How successful have zoos been in achieving the reintroduction of species back into the wild?… Read More
Why did zoos not implement a major elephant national breeding program?… Read More
I think there are a number of reasons for that, and I think actually now, and again, I’ve been out of the profession for five years, but I think we’re kind of moving in that direction. I go back to the whole debate, argument, whatever you want to call it,… Read More
I think you’re going to see… I don’t know. You might not see 10 zoos 20 years from now that have elephants. And they might not even be in the zoo. They might be on a breeding facility 20 miles outside of town. I don’t know where that’s going. That’s… Read More