Interview 3367 – Caption Index: 55
And can you tell us, how did you decide to get into that phase of it?… Read More
And can you tell us, how did you decide to get into that phase of it?… Read More
What prompted you to do it?… Read More
And plus because the National Zoo had the resources to communicate. So our first, you know, our first kind of formal communications within zoo vet were because of Clint Gray. And when we started going to East Lansing to Michigan State, Clint helped sponsor a bit at that. And they… Read More
When you were at Columbus Zoo, the director there that had hired you, did he teach you anything, give you any lessons or was he there just too short a time?… Read More
He was there a very short period of time. And he, and he taught me to, (chuckling) he taught me to watch out for him because he, he was careless about animals. He nearly got us all eaten by, by very angry female lion with cubs one day, cause he… Read More
Well, in some cases, dog or cat, or you know, but in some cases, you know, with the odd species that were not related to domestic animals, you look at this and had no idea. And. Read More
Were you able, while you were a vet, we were able to change the care of animals at the Columbus Zoo while you were there?… Read More
Well, I think so. Yeah, we did a, we did a lot of, you know, we did a lot of things. I mean, it was advancing the, you know, I mentioned a while ago that the, you know, the, in the course of things, there are certain people that both… Read More
And that was, that was the extent of, in those days, you know, of our, you know our communications and then, and it really kind of remained that way until about 1968, when we actually broke off and formed the, I think 68, in the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians… Read More
You’ve got, you know, you’ve got, you’ve got to report back and you’re looking at it, saying well, you know, is this, you know, do I compare this to a cow?… Read More
Do I compare it to a horse?… Read More
Do I compare it to a dog or a cat?… Read More
I just, ran my finger around the rim and stuck it on my tongue. So, you know, the guy was a weightlifter, but he did a little ballet for me, told him, you know, he thought he could bend iron bars, that he was, you know, he could do anything,… Read More
How do zoo veterinarians communicate with each?… Read More
Well, we did, there were only, as I say, there were only 12 of us that had full time paid jobs. And then there were a lot of guys that were on call. Basically, basically we had a, one of the, one of the guys had a mimeograph machine. And… Read More
Staff veterinarian. You were the staff veterinarian for the Columbus Zoo. There, as you mentioned, not many veterinarians in the United States doing that job. Read More
What were some of the things that in the beginning, as a veterinarian, you had to deal with?… Read More
Well, I mean, you know, the problem that we had in those days, still do some degree have today, but (muttering), the level, you know, the depth and level of our, of our ignorance of the things that we didn’t know was, was incredible. It was pretty profound. Walked into… Read More
And, you know, there are a lot of animals you can’t use, you know, you can’t use barbiturates on any of the, of the big cats because they, you know, they’ll sleep for two weeks. And then Sernylan, phencyclidine came along as an experimental drug just as I got to… Read More
You know, what’s your, what’s your philosophy?… Read More