Interview 34015 – Caption Index: 453
In your opinion, is it better to have a zoo person who understands animals or a business person who understands business for running and being the head of the zoo?… Read More
In your opinion, is it better to have a zoo person who understands animals or a business person who understands business for running and being the head of the zoo?… Read More
After the turn, the politic political turn in Europe, we all on a sudden had zoos in the eastern part of Europe, in Romania, in Bulgaria, et cetera, Serbia, which were substandard. And we helped them to raise the standards. We had a committee for technical advices, et cetera. And… Read More
Well, I of course believe the zoologist as the, a better man on the peak of this organization. Nowadays, many zoos have two directors, one animal director, one business director that’s even here. The case since I retired, it’s not bad, but I prefer the first version. Read More
Well, you should of course study biology, zoology, but you should be aware that this aim zoo director is not very possible. So they should always have something in the hand doing as, as what, whatever. As a teacher at school, as a researcher in the university. So whenever there’s… Read More
You indicated that there are not very many good zoos in Africa, in your opinion, but what do you think a zoo or aquarium can do, can affordably do to help upgrade in developing countries their zoos?… Read More
What do you tell person, a young person in college who has a sincere interest in a zoo career to experience study degree?… Read More
What do you tell them?… Read More
So this was, this was a young man who consequently followed up his idea and his direction and he was successful. But this is very rare. Look at me. It took me also 42 years to, to end up in the zoo. First I had to struggle with IES and… Read More
Yeah, it is very difficult to advise somebody to, to take the zoo career because there are very, very few zoos in Germany. And of course there are all, some, quite a number of curators, but only one director. And if you want to be zoo director, you must be… Read More
Would you today recommend the zoo, aquarium field to a young person who had sincere interest in wildlife and conservation?… Read More
And why would you recommend it if you would?… Read More
The man from Atlanta. The man from Atlanta. Terry Maple. Terry Maple. He was the one who introduced the term zoo biology into English, into the, I mean English speaking countries. And he also, as you know, established in a a, a journal called Zoo Biology, which still exists. And… Read More
And this was, I was honored very much by this word. Read More
Now who is it?… Read More
Hen I who Were you asking advice from Haga. I knew him personally. Christian Schmidt had arranged a, what do we say, a celebration and a colloquial, unless the celebration of Hagar’s birthday. And I was very honored, felt very honored as a such a new zoo director, new in… Read More
Who were your, who developed as your mentors?… Read More
Hmm. I don’t remember what advice me and what advised me. Well when you were coming up as this new zoo director Yeah. Read More
Who does it correctly?… Read More
In your long career, what is one of the most important piece of pieces of advice that you received that has stayed with you throughout your career?… Read More
There are more and more zoos nowadays. All the zoos have changed to the method of protect contact. So we were, but we were the first in Germany, we, this was still, it is the largest exhibit in Germany. So is is, if I understand protected contact is now the… Read More