And it, it could be challenging for some to, to look at kind of the broader integration of all three of those different aspects. And so it, it never quite got off the ground. But now, 25 years later, something like that, there’s a group of medical students at Loyola… Read More
Physicians are trained to look at one species and everything is about that relationship. And so it was challenging to, to really get the, you know, it seemed like the physicians were, okay, that’s all good. How does it impact people? That’s really interesting. Read More
How does it impact people? What does it do to humans?… 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
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
So what did I know?… 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
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
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
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
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
What are some of the medical considerations of an exhibit like that?… 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
And why?… 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