Interview 33485 – Caption Index: 380
Was it an appropriate way to collect baby apes?… Read More
Was it an appropriate way to collect baby apes?… Read More
I said, you the animals you work with, you do realize where either they or their parents or indeed their grandparents, how they came into captivity and by what means?… Read More
’cause I’ve seen stuff now. Well, you know, the gorillas that came into this zoo or that zoo. ’cause they were, they were poached from the wild. No, they weren’t. It was completely legal. Read More
He said, how many you work with apes?… Read More
And about a third of them put their hand up. Read More
And this goes completely against the grain of how most young people within the business are looking at it. And you mentioned, you know, you the, you know, if they know who Gerald Dole was, but, and you suggest cynically that oh yeah, he was an animal dealer and they’ll,… Read More
But I was in a workshop or hovering around the edge of these workshops, they had a, a keeper conference and one of them was about, you know, bringing animals in from the wild. And I’m standing there on the edge and I’m listening to all these self-righteous individuals talking… Read More
He sold that, When should animals be taken from the wild Why On as regular basis as possible?… Read More
I just think it shows a very lackluster approach to developing an animal collection. Even, even from the, the point of view of, as we say over here, getting bums on seats, getting people through the gate. I think it’s a lackluster way of approaching it when they could use… Read More
And it’s like, is is that really the best use of your resources?… Read More
Is that really what you need to have to bring visitors in?… Read More
I think ahead of the curve in as much as what they could do, I absolutely not. No, I think there’s, there’s odd places. Jersey under Mallinson and Darl, they were ahead of the curve because they, they went after species that no one else had even considered the majority… Read More
And it’s the fad element of it. I mean, in this country, maybe elsewhere, CAPY bars are now the big thing, interesting animals, largest rodent cool to look at, aquatic terrestrial, but everybody is desperate to get capi butter. Read More
Would you say that zoos have been ahead of the curve in conservation, breeding of endangered species?… Read More
What is their biggest challenge?… Read More
I said, well, you know, I said, working with animals, you, you’ve gotta be prepared to be able to pick up on, on incredibly subtle signals, some of which might save your life and other of others of which might give you an indication that there’s maybe a beginning of… Read More
I said, yeah, I said, and she goes, how, how did you see it?… Read More
It was big. There was a big shopping all the one side of it was a big shopping area and walking down and I grabbed her gently by the arm and just pulled her to one side and, and there was a, a handicapped person and their parent, I assume… Read More
They might talk about how well there used to be 60 million in America and now we’re, you know, the population’s increasing. There’s a few thousand. But the zoo community, specifically the Bronx Zoo, had a role to play in establishing one of the herds that exists to this day. Read More
You know, the, the concept of studbook had, studbooks had been used for many years with domestic piece of dog racehorses, a Arabian horses, et cetera. But to have stud books for a zoo and a wild animal, you know, the bison was the first. And I mean, and I… Read More