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Willie Labuschagne,
President - WAZA,
World Association of Zoos and Aquaria,
in 2001 |
"We are happy to let you know
that WAZA acknowledges the achievement of ZooLex for zoos and - as
a roof organization - will support this initiative wherever possible.
We are convinced that this Internet database is a proven and high-quality
tool for the collection and dissemination of information on animal exhibits
online and that ZooLex services will complement our membership services
perfectly. It is a matured project of data collection of state of the art
enclosures and will promote animal welfare by increasing the standards
of animal keeping in modern zoos. ZooLex becomes a reference databank in
the field, and thanks to the Internet especially also reaches the edge
regions, where they have no access to relative literature and have no possibility
to visit modern enclosures. " |
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Dr. Axel Gebauer,
Director of
Naturschutz-Tierpark Görlitz, Germany,
in 2001 |
"We are very glad that you
were the first to create a worldwide forum for specialists who are
dealing with planning and design of animals exhibits. There is an enormous
need for it." |
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Sally Walker,
Zoo Outreach Organization,
Peelamedu, India,
in 2001 |
"Congrats. Yours is the best zoo site going these days." |
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Nevin Lash,
Ursa International, Atlanta, Georgia,
in 2001 |
"I, personally, have assembled
exhibit profiles for the ZooLex Gallery. It is one of the ultimate, Win
- Win exercises that I have participated in within this profession. On
one hand, I was able to share with the world work that I was personally
and professionally proud of. On another hand, I was able to share with
other professionals, my client's new exhibit design and allow them to share
its design features with their clients. This process benefits my client,
other zoos and other zoo designers, as well as myself and my design team." |
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Dr. S Shivaji,
Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology,
Hyderabad, India,
in 2001 |
"Recently we had an opportunity
to visit your web-site. Please accept our congratulations for the excellent
work. Indeed, we agree with your views that there is no education/ training/
manual available for zoo designing and animal exhibit. Your web-site is
a positive step towards this direction and will definitely serve as a platform
on zoo planning and designing." |
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Joyce Kaplan, Director,
Zoo Animal Technology Program,
Pensacola Junior College,
Pensacola, Florida,
in 2001 |
"... just looked at that "zoolex"
and that is a super website you have there! The Gallery section of ZooLex, your breakdown of each aspect with details on dimensions, materials, costs, features for animals/keepers, visitors, etc is an excellent guideline for learning from each other. In fact, I have my students study selected gallery submissions from your site on their own time for disdussion in my exhibit design course. They also use them as a guideline to help them in their semester project - simple, basic design of a hypothetical exhibit with blueprints or a model, and a report similar to the gallery reports." |
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Dean James,
Essex, Great Britain,
in 2001 |
"As an amateur animal keeper, I find your site indispensable, as the design of animal enclosures is one of the pluses of visiting good zoos. The article on Taronga Zoo is very timely as I will be in Australia for Christmas. To have an idea of what I can look out for is great." |
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Susan Chin,
Director of Architecture,
Wildlife Conservation Society,
Bronx, New York,
in 2001 |
"... I have reviewed other exhibits on your site and think that it is very helpful and interesting to see what is happening in other places. Im am very excited about having Congo Gorilla Forest exhibited on this site and look forward to helping make it a useful and interesting presentation." |
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Andrei Kotkin,
zoo-expert and journalist,
Veliky Novgorod, Russia,
in 2001 |
"... and your very nice and useful site!" |
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Nancy Hotchkiss,
Exhibit Developer,
National Aquarium,
Baltimore, Maryland
in 2001 |
"I must congratulate you on the depth of the information on your website ZooLex. It has improved greatly since I last visited! I appreciate all the work you have put into it and know how hard it can be to kick something off. As I look at your website I can see many applications for the information. It is user-friendly and applicable to a broad audience." |
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Tim Vincent,
Teacher in animal management at Bournemouth and Poole College,
Great Britain,
in 2002 |
"I would like to let you know that I have used the material that you display on your site as an aid to my teaching on several occasions. I congratulate you on the production of such an excellent (and as far I am aware, unique) site." |
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Sasha Lieven,
graduate student of Interior Design at the Pratt Institute,
New York,
in 2002 |
"... I am truly grateful for your wonderful web-page, where I found a lot of useful information." |
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Mark Meijering,
Teacher in animal care,
The Netherlands,
in 2002 |
"... these have been fantastic two days when I finally took the time to visit the ZooLex website. This will be a great tool for me teaching my students great (new) zoo designs and make them understand the need for great enclosures. I will be visiting your website frequently!" |
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Geoffrey Bye,
Managing Partner, Red Centre Concepts
in 2003 |
"Peter Dollinger, the executive Director of WAZA, referred me to your site as a great source of information. I am working on the early stages of a proposal to initiate a major new zoo build project in an Arabian Gulf Country. Your website has been very useful in helping me research companies involved in zoo design and architecture." |
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Javier González Sanz,
Conservador del Aquarium, Zooaquarium de Madrid, Spain
in 2005 |
"Congratulations for your web
site. Zoolex is very very useful for zoos and aquaria." |
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Tamas Sisak,
student of Architecture, Cluj, Romania,
in 2005 |
"In my graduate thesis I intend to
explore people's cultural awareness and the impact that the display of
wildlife can have on it. I am mostly left on my own, to find references and connect ideas. In that, the ZooLex database is an invaluable aid to
me. Thank you very much!" |
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Susan Ades,
Head of Exhibit Planning and Design, National Zoo, Washington,
in 2006 |
"I'm writing to let you know what an amazing resource ZooLex is. I refer to it frequently to see what other zoos are doing, compare costs, and find
references. I enjoy the emails and am always eager to see what project is profiled each month. You are offering the world zoo community an unbelievable resource and helping us all learn from one another. The site keeps getting better and better! Keep up the great work." |
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Dr. Paolo Cavicchio,
Director, Pistoia Zoo, Italy,
in 2007 |
"The ZooLex workshops and the ZooLex website were and are a fundamental step in improving my skills in creating new exhibits or renovating old enclosures at the small family zoological gardens I am currently managing." |
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Enquan Zhang,
Director of Conservation Education Centre, Beijing Zoo, China,
in 2009 |
"I am working in Beijing Zoo China. In these years, many zoos in China want to change, but I think many of them don't know the theme of the modern zoos - education. I need more information in this field: think more about education when designing exhibits. Thank you so much for sharing the information." |
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