Yeah, so as a professor of zoology in Singapore and Malaysia, although they had split as two separate countries, there were very great connections between the two universities, University of Singapore, University of Malaysia. And so we used to go up every year with his students to a place called… Read More
Were animals and nature part of your life?… Read More
Yeah, absolutely. I mean, so my father being a zoologist, basically, used to bring back a lot of wild animals, which were given to him as a zoologist, sort of roadkills, fruit bats getting electrocuted on high pipe cables or so the young, so I had fruit bats, owls, in… Read More
And I think that was probably a very important lesson for me about respect, respect for animals. The fact that doesn’t really matter what animals they are, you have to treat them with respect. That was powerful for me. So you took trips in the jungle with your father. Read More
Bernard Ming-Deh Harrison, born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on the 31st of December, 1951. Tell us a little about your parents and what they did. My mother was a nurse, she was Chinese, a nurse during the Second World War. She was born in Fuzhou, China, and then her parents… Read More
My father then went on to do his DSC, Doctor of Science from Imperial College, and worked in the Institute for Medical Research in Malaysia, and then went to Queensland Institute for Medical Research where he worked on scrub typhus, leptospirosis, and was working on the mites. So he was… Read More
Your legacy?… Read More
Legacy. Just read what I write. (laughing) Then you’ll find out. You be the judge, not the author. No. Thank you, Ken. Anytime. Read More
It’s a worthwhile field. I’ve been very fortunate that, maybe I’m repeating myself, but I’ve been very fortunate, but childhood dream came true, with up and down, twists and turns, difficulties. I lived decades in the zoo field, and in the process, I met with such great people, such as… Read More
But, so. I’m very pleased with how it turned out. Happy person in that aspect. Read More
How would you like to be remembered?… Read More
What do I know about?… Read More
Yeah, what do you know about this zoo profession, that you have devoted so many years of your life to?… Read More
Is education the most important thing, or not?… Read More
That’s my view. Education is the most important one. Even ahead of conservation, because you have to open public’s eyes for the need of nature. You are keeping the ambassadors of wildlife in your hand. You have a responsibility to introduce them to the public. Read More
Now what do you know about, what do you know about the profession that you have devoted so many years of your life to?… Read More
We, terrestrial, we only see in one dimension, because we live basically on the ground level. Utilize the space above the ground, for instance. Which zoo was it that you walk around, suddenly you see a jaguar staring down at you, in the wide open walkway. I think it was… Read More
Multiple dimension. Zoos have often said that their pillars are conservation, education, research. Read More
Do you feel that zoos in the future need to concentrate on one of those more than others?… Read More
Do you feel that there’s enough, when new exhibits are built, you mentioned it, that there’s enough research done by zoo staff with animals in the wild, or in other captive situations, to ensure their exhibit is going to meet the needs of the animals?… Read More