Interview 34015 – Caption Index: 241
What’s the most difficult thing for a zoo to understand about their relationship for conservation?… Read More
What’s the most difficult thing for a zoo to understand about their relationship for conservation?… Read More
More heavy education. No heavy conservation. What direction You have to do both. And both is conservation. We have breeding programs, we have release programs, et cetera. We have to tell this to the visitors and we are enthusiastic about that very, from time to time, really safe species and… Read More
Yes. They are already in breeding birds for instance, there are many private people who are breeding, holding and breeding endangered species birds. And why not include them in all, all around breeding program organized by the US Association. And this is already the case in, in many cases, for… Read More
Do you think, as you talk about breeding, do you think that private breeders can be partners with zoos?… Read More
Yeah, mainly you have to talk to the people, I mean to the visitors that they understand how zoo is functioning and so that there’s no opposition that they leave the zoo and say, oh, this is terrible. Or the animals are in small places and they better should be… Read More
Do you think, what major directions should zoos be going in for the future?… Read More
What issues?… Read More
Nowadays you have a shit storm. Storm. Read More
No, no. What issues would you, if you could want zoos to address in the future, if you could talk to zoo directors, what would you say they should be addressing in the future?… Read More
So during your time as zoo director, what has concerned you the most?… Read More
Well, we had two cases in my time where we had to kill animals for the benefit of the safety of the visitors. They had escaped, one was a chimpanzee and he was very, very upset and aggressive. And so we decided in the end to shut, shut him duck… Read More
Exactly. Now, during your career, what has caused you during your career the most concern and whatever that was, do you see, how do you see the future regarding that concern you had?… Read More
So do you think the visitors have a greater understanding of that today?… Read More
I think over the years our mission was understood our mission that zoos stand for conservation of species, conservation of nature. And everybody knows nowadays that zoo are very much involved in conservation projects. Read More
Yes, exactly. Exactly. That the zoo is for people and we have to fulfill their expectations. Now you mentioned people coming to the zoo. Read More
Yes. And it would be about the people?… Read More
What changes have you seen during your years in the zoo regarding the visitor attitude?… Read More
Curators are responsible for the animals and they don’t interest at all for visitors. A zoo is a place where animals and people meet, but they are so strictly concentrated on the animals and the welfare, on the breeding programs, et cetera, feeding and are just very important. But they,… Read More
So would you have specific things you would want to train your curators to do or understand?… Read More
There are many entertainment parks, all kinds of institutions. But the difference is that no one has, are animals and an animal and a zoo does good to concentrate on the animals and not start with attractions like roundabout and, and et cetera. We should concentrate on animals, but make… Read More