You can see one elephant house here, an elephant house here, an elephant house here, they’re all different. The same is true of, of all their interpretation, which is why, going back to your question, but what makes a good curator visiting other zoos, seeing what they do and how… Read More
And I think that’s also one of the, the interesting aspects of, for people like us who are interested in zoos, really interested in zoos is everywhere you go, right?… Read More
’cause the idea of, of locking cats away and working in a safe environment is not something that would generally occur to them. And so the other half of the label was all about a keeper’s job. So keeping records, food preparation, enrichment, cleaning the enclosure. And then we did… Read More
Because as far as the general public, a real question, particularly in somewhere like a big cat facility, how do you clean the tigers out without getting your head ripped off?… Read More
I think, oh god, I mean almost every zoo you go to, you see a different style of, of interpretation be it, I mean obviously, you know, exhibit design has had a role to play an interpretation, but even if we just talk about, you know, the signage, the, the… Read More
But I think the mistake has always been is that this heavy reliance on biology. And so of the seven cat enclosures in the lion terraces, we split each sign into two. And for the on, on the lions or the tigers, the jaguars or the leopard, it was like,… Read More
What would you say has been the greatest area of development in the way a zoos have interpreted their collections to visitors?… Read More
I admire the transparency of it. Could it happen in the uk? Don’t, no. Could it happen in in the us No, it would be a brave zoo that that did that, but it’d be one that would have my respect. Read More
And, and you’re, and you’re being incredibly hypocritical of going, oh no, and this is comes down to keepers as well. Oh no, we can’t do that. We can’t, we can’t euthanize Robert the Arabian ORs. But we’re quite, quite happy to have that, that no name cow come in. Read More
I speak to zoo people about, well why, why are you controlling breeding in your, your deer and antelope?… Read More
Oh well we don’t want to have a surplus. I said, yeah, but that surplus is ideal material for feeding your big cats. You’ll actually cut your meat budget. And what carnivores respond in a very different way to game to wild food than they do to domestic livestock food. Read More
And this is something that certainly in the west, we, for the many people that that disconnect now, you know, where does milk come from?… Read More
It comes from a, a carton or a bottle. It doesn’t come from a cow anymore in many people’s minds eyes. So the fact that that animals eat other animals is something, again, is another discussion point that zoos have failed to explain to the, to the general public. And… Read More
It’s not an issue. I actually recently my wife and I made the decision to euthanize our dog. Obviously the body did not end up being used as food for a zoo animal. But I think a lot of it comes down to making that, being able to make that… Read More
So I think there’s that, I think there’s, again, there’s the, if it, if the enclosure looks natural, then it must be good for the animal when in actual fact, going back to something I’ve said previously, it’s basically a glorified stage set and not necessarily good for the animal. Read More
And so, you know, the, the program gets augmented from, from Europe where we have been less inclined to do that. But, you know, I see issues with, I’ve been helping a couple of zoos with, with breeding and, and introduction of lions for breeding. And I’m thinking having to… Read More
It was dead off a bungee cord for the servs. And, and the visitors were about 10 deep at the windows watching this rabbit getting torn into pieces by the cerebrals when they used to, when they once a week feeding in the reptile house here at London Zoo, I… Read More
What do you think are the major differences between zoos in North America and those in Europe?… Read More
How we feed our animals for the kickoff and specifically carnivores. I look at North American carnivore diets and it just makes me want to cry. I have seen an adult tiger virtually inhale, its minced meat diet. Whereas, you know, we, and you know, we’ve always fed them actual… Read More
You open up the books, you let them go job done others soft releases, training, training them to avoid predators. You know, the, I was involved to a degree with the Vancouver Island Marmite reintroduction breeding for reintroduction project when I was working in, in British Columbia. And, and the… Read More