Video, Podcasts, & Other Media
Platypus Society Members Enjoy Jack Hanna & Friends Event
On October 11, 2009, the Zoological Society of Milwaukee hosted a special event featuring Jack Hanna and friends. His friends included a miniature horse, a Siberian lynx, a bearcat and a hyacinth macaw, to name a few. You can now experience this event through these video clips.
Conversation with Bess Frank
“The first [Zoological Society] board of directors were looking to put Milwaukee on the map, and one of the ways you did that was to build a zoo,” says Bess Frank. Frank, the Milwaukee County Zoo’s unofficial historian and retired curator of large mammals, talks with WUWM’s Lake Effect show about the Zoological Society’s century of Zoo support. For more on our centennial, including historical photos and stories, click here. Our centennial kickoff party is Saturday, Jan. 9, at the Zoo.
Audio courtesy of WUWM for personal use only.
Conversation With Dr. Gay E. Reinartz
August 20, 2009
The Zoological Society’s bonobo conservationist, Dr. Gay E. Reinartz, spoke with WUWM about bonobos and her field work in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Dr. Reinartz heads the Zoological Society’s Bonobo and Congo Biodiversity Initiative. Read more about the Society’s strides to help bonobos and the people who share their habitat here.
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See the Penguins on the Web!
Watch the Zoo’s Humboldt penguins 24-7 on our new Web cam. The Zoo’s renovated Humboldt habitat opened in August 2009.
A Conversation with Vicki Piaskowski
Feb. 18, 2009
Vicki Piaskowski, the Zoological Society’s bird researcher, talked with Larry Meiller of Wisconsin Public Radio. Get the scoop on doing bird research in Belize, Central America, helping birds in Wisconsin backyards, and spotting some of our state’s beautiful birds.
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Helping Birds in Your Backyard
Jan. 30, 2009
“There’s nothing like going outside on a very cold day and hearing bird songs,” says Vicki Piaskowski, the Zoological Society’s bird researcher. Piaskowski talked with WUWM’s Lake Effect show in January about ways to create bird-friendly yards.
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Meet Pat the Cat
Nov. 10, 2008
Pat the Cat was a problem jaguar in his native Belize. The Belize Zoo and the Milwaukee County Zoo, now his home, gave him a new start. Listen to an interview with Sharon Matola, director of the Belize Zoo and one of Pat’s former keepers. This story aired on WUWM’s Lake Effect show on Nov. 10, 2008.
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Dr. Gay Reinartz
July 27, 2007
Dr. Reinartz was interviewed on Wisconsin Public Radio discussing the bonobo and her work in the Congo.
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Simon, the bush baby
The TV show American Idol® sponsored a bush baby at the Milwaukee County Zoo in 2007 and named it Simon after Simon Cowell, one of the judges on the show. View the video segment and story courtesy of Fox 6. Click here if you'd like to sponsor Simon the bush baby yourself.
Below you will find interviews by WUWM. You may listen online or download the full version to listen at a later time.
Jo Sandin
Author, Bonobos: Encounters in Empathy
January 30, 2007
Interview with Jane Hampden for WUWM’s Lake Effect radio show
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Audio courtesy WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio
Dr. Gay Reinartz
January 30, 2007
Interview with Mitch Teich for WUWM’s Lake Effect radio show
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Audio courtesy WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio
Dr. Robert Davis
October 18, 2006
Interview with Jane Hampden for WUWM's Lake Effect radio show
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Audio courtesy WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio
