Interview 25370 – Caption Index: 336
Do you have to be acutely aware?… Read More
Do you have to be acutely aware?… Read More
You mentioned earlier that in your job description there was a sentence or a paragraph that said ultimately the zoo veterinarian had the final word on medical things, and then you said “They took that out.” So how did that occur?… Read More
What would you say was the most significant change you implemented in the care of animals?… Read More
Well, I think that was after Ted Reid left, and you know, people were just saying, “Well if I’m director, I have the final say”, and da da da da, and you know, “‘Cause I’m in charge”, and I ran into that at ABC, when I was doing some work… Read More
What was your philosophy about dealing, and having relationships with the staff, the curators, people above you, that you had to answer to?… Read More
Well, I think the initial parts, and … Before we started answering questions of just not knowing, and the information not being there, and we know that it should be there, and that’s I think what stimulated me to go ahead, and try to find some answers, and ask people,… Read More
Well, it’s my philosophy that it was my job to make sure the animals were in good health, and that the situation they were displayed in was not gonna be harmful to them, or the people that were viewing them. And I usually was able to communicate that to the… Read More
What were some of the frustrating times, as in being a veterinarian?… Read More
Well I always thought that my job was better than working, so that was kind of the bottom line, that kind of was the thread to do it. I had certain outlets, and played contact sports, as I mentioned before, and took out some of my frustrations on that aspect. Read More
And whether it was a personnel, or an animal, or you know, issues, but how did you deal with the negative?… Read More
Again, I keep going back to anesthesia, the ability to do that, the evolution of new drugs, especially worming drugs that have greatly enhanced, you know, our preventive medicine, but unfortunately now many of the parasites are becoming resistant to it, so we have to go to other ways of… Read More
Over the years, you’ve had positive and negatives in your career, but how did you philosophically deal with the negative things?… Read More
What was your philosophy?… Read More
I think it was my mentors at Angel Memorial that gave me, you know, the founded thing of good physical diagnosis, you know, surgery, kind of the work ethic, that I developed there. So I would have to go back to my internship, and the time I spent there. Read More
In zoos you mean?… Read More
During your career, what would you consider to be some major, major events, that affected animal care?… Read More
Well, as I’ve stated before, many times, I think the important part of research that I’m interested in is the clinically applicable research, esoteric research maybe, you know, but that’s not, I’m not gonna be going in for that. I mean that’s to answer some theory that I can’t in… Read More
Mark, do you need water?… Read More
What professionals did you learn from it, who had the most influence on you in your career?… Read More
You know, you got any experience or who else should I call?” Or, you know. So it still, I think, hasn’t fully gotten into the internet age in my experience, of course I just barely got a cell phone after a year, so I may not be the one to… Read More