He probably has done more for male reproduction research than anybody else. He’s now, and I think he’s still at it, is doing work with human male reproduction challenges, but those works need to continue. And they don’t all have to have direct application that’s necessary to build a body… Read More
Do you see a realistic role in assisted reproductive techniques in retaining endangered species?… Read More
And could you kind of comment on the following, the AIEI, the ET, the semen sexing, and the kind of rank of importance, if there is one?… Read More
The use of enhanced reproductive technology is an absolute must for current zoo maintaining their abilities to exhibit animals. This is where a good amount of research has been done and is being done. It’s not the answer, neither is replacing animals from a zoo into the wild. Although that… Read More
Scientific knowledge is important for scientific mileage itself and knowledge itself, but for zoos, I think it’s important to consider the fact that it may or may not be viable. We find certain things, for instance, we’re doing embryo transfer work on a lot of species of animals, artificial insemination… Read More
Are they more aware of animal welfare or are they in the same?… Read More
Well, I don’t think they’re the same. I think that the difference between older zoo patrons and newer ones is their ability to get information. The internet has been important to them, some of the documentaries, some of the animal planet type of experiences gives them an edge up. They… Read More
I think still the common or the most likely person to be at the zoo is a mother with some children, either pushing a primulator, or some of the fancy strollers that they have nowadays, or two or three children until they’re still, but have them get up to a… Read More
Almodovar, he was an author in the first edition of that book on reptiles and the reptile section. I found out a lot just being the editor of that, that there were many people that had knowledge, but couldn’t write. And I contended that I probably wrote about two thirds… Read More
Now you’ve seen people come to the zoo over the years. Read More
In your opinion, you think the type of people coming to the zoos has changed?… Read More
So I think that the biggest professional lack, if you will, is lack of public relations, putting the word out, “Hey, we’re here, we’re doing good things for this community,” and do it continually, not just a one-shot deal. Now you are the official historian for the zoo veterinarians association. Read More
Can you give me in a brief manner, maybe outline the progression of veterinary medicine in U.S. zoos, clinical, I guess, as well as scientific, but certainly in the last couple of decades, how has this organization and zoo medicine moved forward?… Read More
Well, there are several milestones that might be considered in the progression of zoos in a modern era. And there, some of them are medically oriented, some of them are not, some are the improvements in just routine husbandry practices, certainly in nutrition, this is the case. But just kind… Read More
And actually Patricia O’Connor, who is a well-known person at Staten Island and other places, I don’t know you remember her or not, but she is… She does a lot by producing a bibliography of mammals and birds in the early 1950s. That was a seminal publication, and yet it… Read More
Oh, well, I think it does matter because veterinarian may have been there the longest, and so for kind of senior people and they figure they got to put them in, but unless the veterinarian has some degree of administrative ability, not just… Or ability to get trained in administrative… Read More
Now, you’ve been around and seen zoos for a number of years, what would you say is the largest professional problem facing U.S. zoos today?… Read More
And is there something that might help correct it?… Read More
Well, I think the biggest professional problem is the ability to meet the needs of the public and the lack of financial abilities to accomplish that task in some situations. But I think the other thing is that in any aspect, whether it’s administrative finance, public relations and these sorts… Read More
Do you have any opinion on that?… Read More