I had done just about everything that I could possibly do at the university in terms of procedures and learning and perfecting surgical techniques and learning how to take care of animals. And I knew that I was being directed or driven to use the skills that I had in… Read More
And as this is ongoing, you’re thinking about, was it a driving passion that I think I now wanna work at a zoo?… Read More
Or was it just another place you felt you could use your talent to earn money and enjoy the job?… Read More
And it would have small mammals in it, because it was during an era when nobody paid attention to any of those things. Read More
Your wife was happy with this?… Read More
Well, I have to tell you that my wife, Gail, is somewhat short of a saint because during her childhood, in the home that she was raised in, she never even had a goldfish. So there was a significant period of not adjustment, but a learning, and she was very… Read More
Pados, hamsters, dwarf hamsters, guinea pigs, rabbits, almost anything that one could reproduce in a small area, small amount of space. And then you were, selling them. Selling the babies as an added source of income. Read More
Where did you get these animals?… Read More
Oh, in 1960s, it was easy to get anything from anywhere. If you had the money, you could literally order animals of all kinds from major ports of entry in the United States. My preferred sources were in Miami, but there were animals that came from New York City, from… Read More
Yes, that I was raising animals at home, at the same time, I was working at the hospital and going to school. Read More
Reptiles, mammals?… Read More
Reptiles, small mammals, no birds. Read More
What kind of small mammals?… Read More
Was that the zoo or was it previous to that?… Read More
I think the first time, the first opportunity I had, taking care of animals per se, was, were animals that I kept, were animals that I, myself, either bought and maintained as pets or for a brief period of time bought and provided supplies to some pet stores. Read More
So at this time that you’re working at the hospital, you’re raising animals at home?… Read More
The research that we did at the university was all related to drugs that impact the human brain. And we were doing drug testing in small mammals, in some small monkeys, in white rats, in mice and in cats to see what the effects of these drugs were. And these… Read More
Where were you responsible for taking care of the animals in this study or was that somebody else?… Read More
I was responsible for doing the actual experimental work on a day-to-day basis and doing measurements, making recordings and accumulating the data. Read More
So you’re, what would you say was your first time actually working or taking care of animals?… Read More