Interview 38268 – Caption Index: 172
And so what they’re gonna look like in the future, I don’t know. I hope they look like a zoo and not an amusement park. We’ll just put it that way. Okay. Read More
And so what they’re gonna look like in the future, I don’t know. I hope they look like a zoo and not an amusement park. We’ll just put it that way. Okay. Read More
Are there species or exhibit types that you think will either disappear or emerge?… Read More
Oh God, I have no idea. I hope, I hope they at least look like they do now. I, I am, I am worried about that. Like I said, I, I think we’ve gotten into a trend of creating exhibits for the public and not for the individual species or… Read More
What do you think zoos will look like 25 years from now?… Read More
I think in some cases we have gone overboard and how the association looks at accreditation and what’s important and what isn’t. And sometimes zoos are not accredited, which is important from a public standpoint, from a government view standpoint, from a permitting standpoint, because, you know, the concession stand… Read More
What kind of regulatory or accreditation changes do you think are shaping the profession?… Read More
Whereas before, you know, like the old grottos bears in Chicago, in the old years, they were all on concrete. The whole time concrete was cold. Well, now we can change that. We’ve done that. And so I think there’s a lot of advancements that way that have helped us… Read More
So How do you think technology is changing the way one manages animal care or operations?… Read More
Well, I think it’s improved it obviously, especially from the standpoint of, of how we are able to monitor species or observe the species behavior. When you design the exhibit, the amenities that we put in for management, the technology has gotten really great. It used to be, you know,… Read More
Oh, well, you know, a lot of institutions will try and because they’re using bigger exhibits, they’re taking away space from others. So they, they look at more charismatic mega vertebrates, so to speak. And, and I think they believe that’s what the public wants to see. Lion tigers and… Read More
And I’m sorry, what was the other half of the question?… Read More
Well, just how does that, how does it affect the trends on species selection?… Read More
Well, in exhibit design, we, we’ve already discussed, we we’re starting to build exhibits, I think more for the guest perception than for the species, because we can still do good management, good welfare, good healthcare for a species with not having to get so elaborate and spend millions and… Read More
Talk about exhibits. What trends are you seeing in exhibit design or species selection?… Read More
I’m gonna make money for you. And it’s like, okay, great. Read More
But at the cost of what, What were you saying?… Read More
So I worry about what we’re doing in terms of sustainability for institutions. You know, you start adding stuff like that and your operation costs go up because now you gotta higher maintenance people that deal with the mechanics instead of, you know, maintaining your exhibit or whatever it may… Read More
But I think we’ve just gotten too much on worrying more about being everything for everybody to sustain our institutions. So Ferris wheels, merry go rounds, winter skating rinks, you know, when there’s Ferris wheels elsewhere and there’s skating rinks elsewhere. And I could have taken that money and, and… Read More
Well, I think there’s a lot of young individuals that wanna get in the profession. I, I still see, I don’t know too many zoos that have a trouble hiring people. So the interest is there, but as far as sustainability goes, I don’t know how to answer that question. Read More
How sustainable do you think the profession is in terms of the pay, the workload burnout?… Read More