Resurrecting long -
dead species, bioengineering friendlier
animals, and creating robot creatures made
of artificial
tissue: These are some
of the concepts proposed by prominent zoo directors,
animal behaviorists, conservationists, and architects at a first - ever symposium about the future
of zoos, held in Buffalo, New York, this winter.
To minimize the risk to researchers, Munster helped develop a protocol for collecting samples from
dead animals: swabbing the outside instead
of using sharp instruments to collect blood or
tissue.