Interview 25370 – Caption Index: 367
Well, I think., I’m not speaking medical, but — The other skillset?… Read More
Well, I think., I’m not speaking medical, but — The other skillset?… Read More
Well see that’s the trouble. When you go through vet school, you don’t have time to develop anything, like on management or personnel stuff, you’re right down the line on medicine, surgery, pathology, et cetera, and in Adelaide where they were, you know, they were having some problems with some… Read More
I know the national zoo played around with assistant directors and for a title, but I’m not sure, I think that question is kind of opened. I think some veterinarians get pushed into becoming director because they’ve had the education, and you know, they have the college degree, and they… Read More
I don’t know, what do you feel about that?… Read More
Well I mean do you think, do you think a veterinarian may bring a specific type of skillset that other people might not possess, just because of their training?… Read More
Should zoo veterinarians become zoo directors, and if so, why?… Read More
Is a veterinarian gonna be needed there, or does the zoo need a business person, you know, or should there be joint directors or assistant directors now?… Read More
I looked at that question, and that’s something that’s kind of been interesting. I never in my wildest dream or nightmare wanted to be director. And I think it depends on two things, it depends on the zoo, and it depends on the veterinarian. I think some people like Lee… Read More
I think it is, and by two aspects, you don’t see as many jobs advertised, I kind of just look at jobs historically, because I’m just kind of interested in how many people, but I’d say I look at the AZA job thing periodically, and I see maybe one zoo… Read More
I think it’ll be a good place to start. They should have those skills. Now I’m not saying that they shouldn’t have other skills, but a lot of the veterinarians now are looking, wanna be interested in doing zoo work, and you know, the clinical area’s filling up, and I… Read More
You kind of alluded to something, is the field at this point in time as we speak today getting crowded?… Read More
I looked at that question, I found that very interesting, ’cause I need you to define what is good. I had trouble with that question, since it was the first question. I guess I would say a veterinarian that was successful in their career for a long period of time,… Read More
So develop your basic diagnostic skills, and your surgical skills in small animals, because many of those are applicable, and you just have to modify them, but it creates the way you think about problems, and the way you approach problems, and you have to then apply it to the… Read More
No differences?… Read More
That’s the classic story of, you know, I think shock is the thing that you say when you have, can’t find another more obvious cause, I think shock is an overused term. I don’t think I’ve ever felt comfortable by saying that animal died of shock. Now an animal that… Read More
How do you define shock?… Read More
What do you think made you a good veterinarian?… Read More
I have in my experience, that die of shock. I mean just …… Read More
Yeah, I lost an orangutan. One of our adult male orangs died on their anesthesia with me, and I did CPR on him for I guess 30 or 40 minutes, and we kept him going until he finally, we lost him. So that was when I … And then I… Read More
Have you had animals?… Read More