I, I just as, I just assumed I wasn’t smart enough to be a physician and, and went the root with medicine and my love of animals. So Are there programs you would’ve have implemented during your tenure that did not happen?… Read More
The, the one that comes to mind back before, back before a lot of emerging diseases have happened before sars, before COVID, before bird flu was a big deal. We, we tried to develop a partnership among Brookfield Zoo, university of Illinois and Loyola, looking at what we call conservation… Read More
And I also thought, you know, if I was, if I was interested in being a physician, I, I’m not, I’m not bright enough to get through med school ’cause that’s gotta be way harder. So I went the, the vet school route and I had no idea that because… Read More
I, I’m tempted to say the gluttons for punishment, but no, I think it, it, it comes, it comes down to your experience. You know, I think it’s what has, you know, if, if part of what has, if part of what has encouraged you to be a veterinarian is… Read More
You think there’s a, a different psyche of people who say they want to be zoo vets rather than companion animal vets?… Read More
And a pre-vet student may get accepted to multiple veterinary colleges and they ask, you know, which is the, which is the best one to go to?… Read More
And so, so they have, they have some freedom to not just go to one place. They might go to some place that has, you know, a stronger program in zoo or wildlife. So, you know, I think for those reasons, particularly the fact that, you know, there is that… Read More
Zoo and aquarium medicine?… Read More
I’m off my place. Do veterinary schools give enough exposure to zoos or aquariums and aquarium medicine?… Read More
I th I think I would say a, across the board, if you look at veterinary schools across the board, I, I think the answer is yes. Obviously they have different, they have different levels of expertise and you know, the number of staff that are devoted to zoo and… Read More
What are some of the medical considerations of an exhibit like that?… Read More
Well, there, you know, it’s, it’s, you’re managing a group population. So it’s, you know, it’s not, it’s not 10 birds in a series of exhibits where you can work on all of them individually. So it’s setting up population health programs and, you know, things on a, on a… Read More
Absolutely. I, I think to, to be able to see more than 800 birds and to have hundreds of them take flight and just kind of fly right by you, you know, it’s a, it’s an experience on a, on a different level in terms of the numbers of animals… Read More
This in the side. Do you feel the parakeet exhibit at Brookfield Zoo does that kind of thing?… Read More
I, I like we look for sort of the magic moments. Did the idea, you know, when you go in, we have, we have an exhibit, feathers and scales, and it’s a mixed habitat. There’s bird exhibits, reptile exhibits in there, and the, there’s a free flight bird aviary that’s… Read More
And why?… Read More
They’ll see raccoons, they may see a coyote. And understanding how they fit into the natural world, I think are all parts of reaching kids at different levels and, and having an education program in the zoo, and having the education program have outreach to other local organizations or particular… Read More
They may see, you know, where do those squirrels live?… Read More
So on a personal level, what do you want a visit or when a visitor comes out of an exhibit view building or an exhibit theme, what do you want them to feel?… Read More
And the idea that, you know, what was, what was the best way to reach people?… Read More