Attacks against zoo director Blaszkiewitz are attacks against the zoo -
all allegations are so far without evidence
“The campaign-like accusations against the director of Zoo and Tierpark Berlin, Dr. Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, are so far without evidence and evidence. From a legal point of view, the reports will probably not even be investigated, and as far as human beings are concerned, no charges are to be expected, let alone convictions.
Also from a technical and zoological point of view, Mr. Blaszkiewitz cannot be blamed. In his work, the internationally renowned zoologist has rendered outstanding services to the protection of species and to nature conservation, with which he has been a member of the Association of Friends of the German-Polish European National Park Unteres Odertal e. V. and as chairman of the board of trustees of the National Park Foundation Unteres Odertal. But not only from a legal and zoological, but also from an ethical point of view, Dr. Blaszkiewitz cannot be accused of wrongdoing.
The Association of Friends of the German-Polish European National Park Unteres Odertal e. V. are strange, especially as one of the largest and most powerful nature conservation associations in Brandenburg, the unqualified and hateful attacks of some self-appointed animal rights activists. All over the world, zoological gardens are being attacked by animal rights activists who have gone wild, and some are already closed. The protection of animals in their natural habitat is closer to our nature conservation association than zoo animal husbandry, but the ongoing destruction of our environment makes zoos indispensable not only for education and research, but above all for species protection. Many animal species would have long been extinct without zoos, and some of them could be released back into the wild from captivity.
Dr. Blaszkiewitz is one of the few zoo directors who is exemplary in the coöperation between zoo and nature conservation, for example in the only national park in Brandenburg. He must therefore remain the zoo director, not only because of his undeniable services to the zoo and for his hometown, but above all because of his work for nature conservation, which will also be necessary in the future. ”
Thomas Berg
CEO
