Interview 20952 – Caption Index: 423
What direction would you say would help them to stay viable?… Read More
What direction would you say would help them to stay viable?… Read More
But as you spends multimillion dollars on a gorilla exhibit or an elephant exhibit, tiger exhibit and critics ask why the money is not used to help the animals in the wild, you say what?… Read More
Well, I would say that it’s important to educate people about the fact that these are animals that live in the wild. Captive animals are their ambassadors of their wild counterparts. And I agree that it’s getting more and more expensive to make good exhibits which convey the messages of… Read More
It’s so much more difficult to do that with elephants because it’s just so massive and destructive. But I mean it’s the same philosophy. But I think more and more zoos should be coupling the development of exhibits for endangered species with some kind of field programs and actively supporting… Read More
Well, I think it’s just one of those things, it’s like we are totally part of the whole Gaia. And as much as we try not to or try and dissociate ourselves with the natural world, especially living in inner city of Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, thank God for… Read More
You’ve cleared a whole bunch of land. And I always tell Singaporean, and so this haze, this smoke, it goes on for months. And this smoke hangs over this smog, hangs over Singapore, Malaysia. And Singaporeans complain about it and they say, “Why can’t our neighbors get the act together… Read More
Why are they like that?… Read More
Why do they have those adaptations?… Read More
Can you speak to your thoughts on man’s interdependence with nature?… Read More
And they wanna say they want go and work at a zoo. I say, “Well, go, go, go to…” There’s plenty of colleges in South Africa as well, but I say the one in Tanzania’s, I think, it’s pretty good. Go and experience the animals in the wild first. That… Read More
What’s their natural habitat?… Read More
What’s their ecological niche?… Read More
Would you recommend the zoo, aquarium field to a young person with sincere interest in wildlife and conservation today and why?… Read More
Yeah, I would. But I would really suggest to them to go off and do a course in wild animal management first, so that they really get exposed to animals in the wild. I think a classical zoology degree does not do much for understanding the needs of animals that… Read More
And one of their things they have to do is they kind of have to climb up Mount Kilimanjaro, but they always have to… They get dropped off somewhere in the middle of the Serengeti with a rifle and three bullets and get picked up five days later or something… Read More
Was there any one piece or important piece of advice you received that has stayed with you throughout your career?… Read More
I think Lyn de Alwis was my guru from Sri Lanka is probably the person who’s had the most impact on my zoo career as opposed to my father. My father taught me the respect for animal life, and Lyn taught me reinforced that respect for animal life, but also… Read More
You talked a little about elephants and do you think that zoos can maintain elephants and how it should be done correctly?… Read More
Yeah, I think so. But it’s a sort of a bit of an irony I think, really. Technically, I mean the Asian elephant, not the African elephant, the Asian elephant is a working animal as is a horse, as opposed to wild horses. And so they are in captivity and… Read More
I think there is a role of in with elephants, but as I say, they’re just a problem species because they’re just so big. They’re so expensive. I think there should be elephants kept in captivity. But I think not every Tom Dick and Harry should have the right to… Read More