The New Zoos
Brief Synopsis
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Program examines how zoos are working both to improve the lives of their captive inhabitants and to help restore wild populations. In San Diego, Alan Alda visits polar bears and pandas that live in an environment specially designed to simulate the continuing stimulation of life in the wild. He takes
Cast & Crew
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Graham Chedd
Director
Howard Krum
Joanne Simerson
Suzanne Macdonald
Alan Alda
Jeremy Angier
Animator
Film Details
Also Known As
New Zoos, Scientific American Frontiers (04/15/98)
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1998
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
Synopsis
Program examines how zoos are working both to improve the lives of their captive inhabitants and to help restore wild populations. In San Diego, Alan Alda visits polar bears and pandas that live in an environment specially designed to simulate the continuing stimulation of life in the wild. He takes part in tuna tagging at the Monterrey Bay Aquarium, and assists in the ER at the New England Aquarium as a puffer fish has a bladder stone removed. Also featured is a zoo psychologist who specializes in preventing boredom among her gorilla and orangutan clients.
Crew
Jeremy Angier
Animator
John Angier
Executive Producer
David Berenson
Editor
Mryoslav Bodnaruk
Sound
Michael Boyle
Sound
Joseph Canali
Production Manager
Joseph Canali
Sound
Graham Chedd
Executive Producer
Graham Chedd
Writer
Graham Chedd
Producer
Sara Finkelstein
Associate Producer
Peter Hoving
Photography
Steve Izzi
Sound Mixer
Katherine King
Other
Bill Kinney
On-Line Editor
Mark Mclaughlin
Sound
John Osborne
Sound
John Rennie
Editor In Chief
Randy Roos
Music
Chuck Saltsman
Photography
Jed Schwartz
Titles
Kim Sims
Titles
Jill Singer
Producer
Jill Singer
Writer
Jill Singer
Editor
Michael C Sullivan
Post-Production Supervisor
Film Details
Also Known As
New Zoos, Scientific American Frontiers (04/15/98)
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1998
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
