Island Life Magazine Ltd December 2010/January 2011 | Page 61

interview Island Life - December 2010 It’s always a consideration Photo:The late Jack Corney pictured with a deadly Cobra but you’ve got to balance that with the overall benefit of zoos, a gene pool and a showcase for dying species.” She adds: “I feel you shouldn’t be doing this job unless you are constantly aware of these things. Besides, our animals enjoy care and expertise lavished on them.” It is three years now since she took the helm, her father having bowed out extremely reluctantly following a stroke, and she has overseen the zoo’s regeneration following its television spotlight as Tiger Island. The logical extension is getting Islanders to embrace it Visit our new website - www.visitislandlife.com as ‘their zoo’, rather than just an attraction for visitors, hence the winter weekend openings and special events more special,” she says. “This will be the Islanders’ time.” For information about winter openings like photography workshops. “It’s a and events, contact Isle of Wight Zoo, more intimate experience without the Yaverland Seafront, Sandown, PO36 summer crowds, it makes it that much 8QB. Tel: 01983 403883 61