Conservation can be viewed in different ways. One is the policy or political aspect. The other end is educational aspect. The other area is technical aspect. Zoos can contribute in the technical aspect, and educational aspect, possibly the educational aspect is most important, because zoos are the only institutions in… Read More
What would you say is the most important concept for zoos to understand and implement regarding their relationship to conservation?… Read More
How successful would you say zoos have been in achieving the reintroduction of species back into the wild, and what stories might you relate about that?… Read More
In a limited basis, zoos been successful returning into the wild, California condor, one good example. Black footed ferret, another example. So not in a large scale, but in a smaller scale, because of the coordinated breeding program, and also coordinated with wildlife department in local and state and national… Read More
Conser- How do we make that happen?… Read More
Yes. It all depends on individual communities, but not really. Another reason is space requirements of zoo animals vary so differently. But in this country, no. It’s not really a big problem. We talked about animal dealers. Read More
How should zoos deal with surplus animals?… Read More
That’s a million dollar question. Because ultimately, euthanasia may surface, a hot potato that nobody wants to touch. Surplus animals. That issue can be solved in different ways. Sending them to private individuals, that’s a no-no. The technology advances to the point that you can do artificial insemination, it might… Read More
Space?… Read More
Space. Read More
Physical space?… Read More
They are eye openers, really. Read More
Does space continue to be a problem for zoos and aquariums?… Read More
So in other words, it’s in a cocoon. Difference is in European zoos, so many countries are sort of packed in a relatively small size. They communicate well, despite the language differences, and so forth, and they have their own zoo community. We have to learn from that. And it… Read More
Some European zoo enthusiasts either zoo people, or non zoo employees, keep their life list. Sometime, 1000. Sometime 1500. Someone said, oh mine is 1500 something something. And they even come up with a solid list of number of zoos in the whole world. That aspect, the global aspect, American… Read More
Lack of coordination. Individual zoos doing their things. Another aspect is also the cost, of course. You’ve traveled extensively through Europe, and the United States. Read More
Are there major differences in philosophies in European zoos and US zoos?… Read More
Doesn’t show on the surface. But Europe is where the modern zoo, not ancient zoos, but the modern zoo was born. First one being in Paris, think it was November 1794. Now the core of the professional zoos, in my opinion, is not in North America, but in German speaking… Read More
Sounds like what Bill Conway said, but anyway, to an extent, if you keep elephants in captivity, you’re obligated to provide the best care for them. To do that, it’s expensive, but you have to build decent facility to meet their requirement. That money you have to invest. Beyond that,… Read More
Why do you think zoos did not implement, speaking of elephants, a major elephant national breeding program?… Read More