We don’t know what’s going on.” We may not, I would say we’re gonna find out what’s going on, or we’ll work with you, and we’ll hopefully find out what is going on, but that was just, that happened one time, and I thought it was an interesting …… Read More
In your career were there issues that concerned you and the most, and if there were major conditions that concerned you, how do you see the future regarding those type of conditions?… Read More
In your opinion, what role do you think zoos will play in the future?… Read More
Well … I think, you know, as certain as the education, I went through two phases at the National Zoo, where the keepers were all initially some of the lowest paid because the National Zoo used to be a city zoo, before it became a federal zoo, so we got… Read More
You don’t tell somebody, especially in a zoo situation, “I have no idea what’s going on, right?… Read More
That’s again a classic problem. Some people wouldn’t tell you because they’re afraid you’re gonna anesthetize it or do something, so they would keep things from you. And I think I overcame that by, you know, hopefully with the rapport, I had a little bit of that early on, but… Read More
How important is it for the veterinarian to have the, I’ll use the word confidence of the animal keeper, so you make sure they will come to you with issues about their animals?… Read More
You know, just talking to him, I said, “I’m not the, I’m responsible for the whole thing. Read More
let me finish, then what with all this come about, we decided, I said at another meeting, “Our problem is we have to decide what’s yours, mine, and ours.” And that’s, I think that’s still the key. What’s in your prerogative, and I respect that 100%, you know, I’ll talk… Read More
I’m here to work with you on this, but I’m not gonna be treated, offer a treatment that I think is the best and then have you decide on a medical thing.” I said, “We can discuss it, but you’re not the final word on it.” How important would you… Read More
Well, I think long time ago I developed a phrase that I think maybe answers that, ’cause I would sit through these things sometimes, I remember when I was first starting, and there was some conflicts with the curators, like I would have a resident, and a couple of students,… Read More
Is it eating today?” if I saw him, but, you know, eyeballing it and then walking out. And then I would get stuff like that that would say, and I’d get called in the meeting, this is early on, they’d say, “I saw Dr. Bush go into the small mammal… Read More
I wouldn’t be going behind the lines, I wouldn’t be treating anything, I’d just maybe talk to a keeper and say, “How’s this animal doing?… Read More
Yeah, let me take some notes, I hadn’t heard of that. Between scientific staff and others, territorial disputes are common in the zoos. Read More
Oh, are there?… Read More
How can these conflicts be worked through, and what advice would you give to new veterinarians to work through these conflicts, if they occurred on their watch?… Read More
Have you in your career had to mediate between veterinarians, who may have had different opinions on courses of action?… Read More
Well, they should have had a pet sometime in their lifespan, they should be an animal person, that knows how to handle themselves around an animal, that’s not scared of animals, that exudes confidence, you know, to both themselves, and also their keepers, and then keeper leaders, and just knows… Read More
‘Cause you had kind of a large staff. I didn’t have that large of a staff. I’ve only had one or two associates and mainly, you know, interns and residents. And being the alpha one, I didn’t have a problem. I listened to ’em, because your goal is to teach… Read More
What do you think are the top qualities curators should have today?… Read More