Well I mean, we could tell that that animal, I mean you could even see, cheetahs of course, they’re the most docile of the big cats. I mean, we used to always go in with the cheetahs, but we would never go in with any of the other big cats. Read More
And so who gets to do it, you know?… Read More
And the veterinary ophthalmologist did the majority of it, but the other two ophthalmologists that were human ophthalmologists were there to check it out. Read More
Good lesson. Good lesson. Read More
And it just you know, brought home to me a little bit about PR and keeping everybody informed, and telling them what to do, you know?… Read More
Another, going from hoofstock to felines, you had a cheetah, I think you mentioned earlier, that had cataracts, and how was that diagnosed and how did you treat it?… Read More
So the next, we brought them in, the next day it hits the front page, huge title on there, you know, “The Zoo Puts 36 Animals to Sleep”, or whatever and so on. Read More
I mean, it’s a terrible thing, you know?… Read More
Or, “Puts 36 Animals to Death”, and that. But when you read it then, read the article, it talks about, a little bit about Johne’s disease, and then it says how forward-thinking the zoo was, and how great they were to be able to prevent this from spreading to all… Read More
We can put ostrich in there or something else.” I says, “Yeah, we’re gonna do that.” He says, “Okay, that’s the recommendation,” and I confirmed that with the Veterinary’s College and everything, “Yeah, that’s the way to go.” He says, “Okay, we’re gonna call the newspaper in tomorrow morning and… Read More
They’re not endangered at all. They’re pretty plentiful. There’s a lot of them in Texas, and all over.” And so Bob says, “Okay, so we’re gonna sacrifice that whole group and keep that area empty of any hoofstock for a year. Read More
Every year then, or every six months or every year, you test them again. Again, any of them that are positive, you get rid of, you keep the negative. After two years of all negative tests, you can assume you’re fairly clean of Johne’s disease. Read More
I mean again, yeah, we can go ahead and sacrifice the ones that are positive, ’cause they’re gonna die anyway, and probably better to go ahead and put them to sleep than to go through, you know, deteriorating and emaciation and eventual death. But I went to the director, and… Read More
Well in a zoo, how do you do that?… Read More
Yeah, Johne’s disease is a paratuberculosis, it’s an intestinal virus, I guess. It’s a disease that, we had this whole herd of Barbary sheep, mouflon too. We had mouflon and Barbary sheep that both had it. And what would happen with it is, they would deteriorate, get thinner and thinner… Read More
Well, the traditional way of dealing with Johne’s disease is you can test all of the animals, do a testing on all of them. Those that are positive, in terms of livestock, you send them to slaughter. Read More
Those that are negative, you keep, okay?… Read More
And then went back to the party?… Read More
And then went back to the rest of the party, went dancing. (chuckling) Tuxedo looked the same?… Read More
I think I probably took the coat off or whatever. (laughing) Can you explain what Johne’s disease is, and how it affected the zoo, and what kind of press it garnered?… Read More