I don’t think there is one person in the zoo that should have just a final say. And I’ve seen veterinarians that have been fired from their position because their stance on a welfare issue. I’ve seen other veterinarians that have worked as part of the team being concerned about it. I don’t agree with the term territory. I know it’s there, I know there are conflicts, but I think that it’s necessary for a team work approach. And if people come in, “Okay, I’m the avian head keeper, or I’m the avian curator, I have the last word on everything to do with birds.” There’s gonna be conflict there because they’re not, they may not have the final say so from a financial standpoint, they may certainly not have it in from a medical standpoint. There has to be some mechanism where they have to talk to each other and listen to each other.
