Interview 34015 – Caption Index: 475
What direction would you think would help them stay relevant?… Read More
What direction would you think would help them stay relevant?… Read More
Well, the, to improve the exhibit to build a new exhibit is just to make the people convinced that this is a part of nature. Otherwise it will not accept at all that animals are kept at you. So you have to invest this money first and it pays back… Read More
What do you say?… Read More
Or an elephant exhibit or a tiger exhibit, and critics say, why don’t you spend the money to help the animals in the wild?… Read More
Certainly in England or in Red Britain. We know him from the tv and I like him very much. I mean the way he presents the topics, but of course he’s no two man. But it’s not necessary to promote our mission. When zoo spends multimillion dollars on a gorilla… Read More
Well, not of that format. Like in the US Milk Conway was for me, that guy who was dominating the community and who brought the it forward, but he passed away. And I don’t know if there somebody else came up to represent him. Read More
Would you say David Attenborough is one of those people?… Read More
Are there, is there anybody out there?… Read More
Do we need, or do we have at this time any charismatic heroes to help shift public opinion for conservation?… Read More
Is it the most important or equal or how does it line up?… Read More
So where does conservation, breeding and zoos line up with these other things?… Read More
Well, if you plan a release project, then this breeding programs are most important. And I think all of our field projects are combined with breeding program because there is a flagship species, which were fur. I mean near or far further future we want to release. We had talked… Read More
So this is a method which is also adopted by, accepted by the people. You always have to find methods which the visitors accept. If you do something they don’t accept like the case in Nurnberg, but which are mentioned then you get cheat songs. This is impossible here. So,… Read More
And in conservation, conservation breeding is one thing. Is that the most important relative to other conservate conservation activities, which might be field research re-introduction. Read More
Not that I’m aware of Really? No. I wonder now, in the baboons, there were the, the population was expanding. Expanding. There were 120 baboons on that hall rock. And then we started to ize the males, the dominant males. So there’s no change in their habits. I mean in… Read More
Anti pill. You don’t have that in us?… Read More
When you talked about reporting to you, your professional opinion on how zoos, we’ve touched upon it, but how zoos should be dealing with surplus animals?… Read More
Well, I don’t have any problems to kill hoofstock and to feed it to other, I mean predators. There are species where you can’t do this. These are primates, for instance, great hips at particular. You cannot kill a great ape and feed it through the lion. So you have… Read More
Because I want to have everything in my hands. They have to be good people under me for the economy and, and, and et cetera. What they have to report to me. Understood. Maybe a bit, a little bit old fashioned, but I am old Now. Read More
But why would you prefer the first person? The zoo?… Read More