There weren’t too many vets that were doing that at the time. But I love looking at that kind of data, and doing a survey, and finding out all that kind of information. So I think that’s the kind of the scientist in me, and so that was really interesting… Read More
But anyway, I was a veterinarian and I wanted to expand on my knowledge of what was going on in the zoo world. SSPs and studbooks were in their infancy at that time. So I begged Satch Krantz to let me go to the very first studbook keeper workshop. And… Read More
Well, if you’re the director, the veterinarian in charge, why did you become the international studbook keeper for the Black Howler Monkey?… Read More
How did that come about?… Read More
What was your title when you went to Riverbanks?… Read More
But anyway, so it was a hard decision, but one I made to go down there, and I cried all the way to two states away because I knew for sure that this man was not gonna follow me. There was no way that somebody was gonna follow little old… Read More
I was originally, I started out as the head veterinarian, or senior veterinarian, and then I ended up, they had no research program, so I helped develop the research program there, put it together with some of the great team down there. Alan Schumaker was instrumental in helping do that… Read More
And so I did apply and I kept it secret, didn’t tell anybody I was applying, but I applied, went down and interviewed, and got the job. And then I had this real conundrum to figure out, ’cause here I am, I’m in love with this guy, and I haven’t… Read More
We want you to apply.” And so I wasn’t gonna apply. I said, no, I’m happy at Lincoln Park, I’m having a great time. I’m in the big city, I’ve never been in the big city except for the Bronx, ’cause I’m a farm girl, a little country girl. And… Read More
Well, when I became interested in Zoo Animals, I did an externship, I did two externships at the Riverbank Zoo in Columbia, South Carolina. Fabulous Park. And it was brand new. It was a new facility. It had only been built, as a matter of fact, I was there on… Read More
And so Satch Krantz called me and said, “Would you be interested in a position?… Read More
Well, the position, the head vet position became available at Riverbanks. The veterinarian there left. Read More
And that was the Riverbank Zoo?… Read More
Yeah. Read More
What was the genesis for leaving Lincoln Park?… Read More
Was there no position for you?… Read More
What was the genesis for where you went?… Read More
Did you want to grow more than you could in Lincoln Park?… Read More
So you’re at the zoo, but then also, how did you become a consulting veterinarian at the Shedd Aquarium?… Read More
Yeah, we actually, at that time, the Lincoln Park Zoo vets also handled the Shedd Aquarium. And so for several years, the two years that I was there, actually, we would go down to the Shedd Aquarium and work on any of their animals, particularly their mammals. They had a… Read More