Interview 25370 – Caption Index: 434
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
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
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
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
Have you in your career had to mediate between veterinarians, who may have had different opinions on courses of action?… 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 does that mean?… Read More
What do you think are the top qualities curators should have today?… Read More
And to me it might mean one of a kind, but does it mean — No, it’s like a collection thing, like a Rembrandt painting, you know, he’s got certain, there’s specific Rembrandts around the world that are, you know, cherished and held in high esteem, and have to be… Read More
I think they can do it through the education that we talked about. You know, by having certain species, and I think they can serve as an important part is maybe holding surplus animals to maybe a surplus endangered species, you know, when you have too many males born, a… Read More
Is that your — No, I don’t think I can take credit for that. I’m parroting somebody else’s. I think it was maybe, was it John Eisenberg, or something we were talking about, you know, where we were gonna go and you know, okay, well we’ve gotta have certain Rembrandt… Read More
How did that come?… Read More
Not specifically with the government, we were asked to, you know, freedom of information, and they were trying to hammer me one time on the care of the giant panda, and we’re doing some stuff, and what I learned there is that the unfortunate thing with the freedom of information,… Read More
How do you see a small or a medium-sized zoo dealing or being involved with wildlife conservation?… Read More
Can they do it from a medical standpoint, or any other standpoint?… Read More
Veterinarians are part of the animal care, aside from the other people who work with animals, where do you think animal care in general will be going in the future?… Read More
In your professional career, have you had experience in dealing with PITA or other organizations, zoo check or other organizations, where you had to give your political opinion, not a political, but your professional opinion?… Read More
I think it may be taken over, having bigger influence with the tree huggers. You know, we’ve already seen that in the elephants, you know, they’re trying to shut down elephants in captivity, we’re running into the size of exhibits, population densities and exhibits and things like that, where people… Read More
I’d say improve your diagnostic skills, your surgical skills, possibly not in a zoo, but you know, in a small animal internship, a large animal internship, get those skill sets down, unless you’ve gotten great skill sets out of vet school, and I think vet schools now that are making… Read More
People want, “Well I wanna only work four and a half days a week, and I want every Sunday off, and I wanna be out here at 5:30 depending whether I’m waiting for a pathology report, or what the blood thing is gonna say, or if this culture’s coming out,… Read More
I just don’t know how to get that across. And I think the other important thing is, for God’s sakes, have fun. I mean because you’re in a great place, you’re working with great animals, you got a great job, have fun. The fun’s not there from what the people… Read More