Interview 14192 – Caption Index: 1
When did they start Marlin, when did you start at Lincoln Park?… Read More
When did they start Marlin, when did you start at Lincoln Park?… Read More
Marlin Perkins, Director Emeritus at Lincoln Park Zoo, and also the St. Louis Zoo. We’re gonna be talking today to Marlin about his days at the Lincoln Park Zoo. Read More
But these should be natural parts of the operations of these institutions in my view, but my own personal time is a bit divided at the moment between the global effort for the amphibians, the local efforts, and a think tank thinking about humanity’s relationships with the rest of the… Read More
What do you know about it?… Read More
(George chuckling) In terms what do I know about the zoological part field as a profession at this juncture, I don’t feel I’m as closely attuned to the thinking of various leaders as they should be. I’m devoting more efforts to the external reach to conservation efforts at all levels… Read More
Ultimately, what do you know about it?… Read More
George, how would you like to be remembered?… Read More
(George chuckles) Fondly, I would like to be remembered but I indicated earlier that one of the functions I tried to perform was true mentoring and facilitating as my career developed. I remember very much my mentor at the Charleston Museum and my stimulation early in the Lumberton High School. Read More
Well, my successor at Brookfield has posited an additional rung on the latter of the “Evolution of Zoos.” And that’s really more in terms of inspiring conservation leadership in the generations to come. And I think that’s an extension of the Conservation Center concept, but it’s being placed as an… Read More
Well, in terms of the emphasis on marketing and such in our institutions in a world competing for attention for all kinds of services and facilities and pleasures, it seems to me that that’s a real task for leadership that you’ve got to have informed and committed leadership in terms… Read More
And is there another rung after the last thing or has it reached ts pinnacle?… Read More
Is there a danger that with the emphasis that zoo and aquariums have on marketing and revenue, that there may be a drift away from conservation science?… Read More
And how are the efforts of the SSP programs in the sky high cost of maintaining and expanding zoo parks?… Read More
You’re asking about the commitment in terms of longterm maintenance of endangered species and reasonably size populations, it’s gonna assure the viability of the species for the long term. And it seems to me that this should again be considered a part of that core allocation in the budget. I… Read More
When you talk about populations like this, where do you see zoos going in the not too distant future regarding their limited efforts in maintaining longterm captive populations?… Read More
And then the chytrid fungus arrived too. But we got the World Bank embarrassed enough to cough up funding to get animals out to Bronx Zoo. And originally Detroit, now the population’s at Toledo. But they’re maintaining ’em and it’s too large for one facility, but they’ve got on the… Read More
What can medium and small-size zoos do to assist conservation?… Read More
Well, there’s so many grounds to stake out. I mentioned, for instance, a hundred species and some security in terms of surviving populations now in captive circumstances. And Houston Zoo has been engaged in that. Almost certainly any medium sized zoo could provide facilities of the standards necessary for that… Read More
So the visitor can zoom in on what’s happening to the creature, and it’s pretty engaging. And furthermore, she’s paid a salute, although there are not many amphibians in the desert regions of the world, there’s some interesting ones. But she’s even got a little segment identifying that this is… Read More
She basically built it from scratch, extended the area, provided for native animals and their illustration of their conservation needs. She’s engaged the community, which consists, in many parts of that region, of people from elsewhere, including here in Chicagoland, but people now from Alaska, and so forth are part… Read More