I bet you haven’t. It’s a little bug. Okay. The Salt Creek Tiger Beetle is only found in the salt marshes north of Lincoln, Nebraska. Very limited range. Okay. Little bug like that. At one time, the United States consider it the rarest insect in the United States. Okay. Because… Read More
We set land aside. And so we’ve now, there are thousands and thousands of these in this habitat because the Lincoln Children’s Zoo got involved with saving this teeny tiny bug. Okay. That’s local conservation. That’s huge conservation, okay. You don’t have to, I’ll go to, yes, we’ve sent people… Read More
That’s conservation right away. Okay. That’s local conservation work. Teaming up with the, with your state game and parks or natural resources folks. Lincoln Children’s Zoo for years has been working with the Salt Creek Tiger Beetle. Read More
You know, I think, I, I think what’s really challenging for a lot of Zeus is they think conservation means that you have to have a field biologist in some far away country, 24 7 working to save a species. And I think that idea is just so crippling to,… Read More
You ever heard of the Salt Creek Tiger Beetle?… Read More
What, what was the most difficult, what do you think was the most difficult concept for zoos to understand and implement regarding the relationship to conservation?… Read More
And, and quite often in the zoo world, it’s hard to find collaborators. I’ll be very honest with you. And it, and it’s kind of frustrating because we’re all fighting, fighting limited res resources. We’re all trying to accomplish the same thing. But quite often we don’t want to, we… Read More
Well, if it helps save the species, sure. If, if it’s increasing the awareness for the protection of a species, sure, that’s successful. But no, we’ve, we’ve not done that partnership, I think, I think because resources and zoos are so tight, the more collaboration that you can do, absolutely. Read More
Is it grandstanding? It, it’s a more for political recognition than it is for, you know, for, for success of the species. I don’t know. You know, I think any kind of partnership that can, you can move saving species together, forward is a successful relationship. Sometimes tho those are… Read More
Does that really accomplish anything?… Read More
Is it, is it really helping the species?… Read More
Do sister zoos have a place in the big picture of animal keeping where you’re adopting another zoo from another country, as have you done it?… Read More
No, we’ve not done that. You know, we, we, we’ve not, we’ve not done that. You know, so much of that is in the political realm. It’s like the giant panda political realm. Okay. Read More
Gee, is that part of our mission as professional zoological institutions?… Read More
I think so. So yes, they can collaborate, they can partner. And they’re probably as hard to, to cooperate with as some of the other zoos in this country are to collaborate with. ’cause there’s some zoos who don’t like to partner very well. Okay. But there’s some great collectors… Read More
I think so. I mean, there are people, I mean, let’s face it, we animal people are odd. Okay. I’m sorry. It’s just that we’re, I’ve known that ever since I was a kid. I was a geek. Okay. I had turtles for over 50 years. I had turtles under… Read More
Do you think he should be a bit of a vital player in it?… Read More
Because we’re looking for some genetic diversity?… Read More
Okay. How do you think private readers can be partners with zoos?… Read More
I think it’s vital. Zoos have very limited resources. I mean, you, you add all the acreages together, you add all the re all the, all the operating dollars together. It’s not that big of a number. Those aren’t big numbers. Okay? There are people out there with private collections… Read More