And we appointed, there was a, a follow on to me in, in whip who I was responsible for. So in, in a way, after seven years, it was a natural move to take on the London side. And I, I still lived in the Park whip snake and commuted… Read More
And so I I, as far as I remember, I, I simply asked, I think to, you know, would I become senior veterinary officer?… Read More
Well, the, the clinician at London was retiring and it was, the first part of the move was actually to, to take over the clinical, not the pathological side. Read More
Is this a promotion?… Read More
Now you move from Waid Zoo to London Zoo to Regents Park as a veterinarian, why did you make the move?… Read More
They were outside and they had to go through the zoo gates to, to get to those kids and vice versa. But of course, the other thing was that those kids and my kids grew up in the zoo. So when the park was closed after closing in the summer,… Read More
No, no. There were a few, there were a few houses for mostly the more senior keepers, the ones, ones that might be needed in an emergency. And Whipsnade had, and still has what they call the Bothy, B-O-T-H-I, it’s a name for farm workers accommodation. But we had a,… Read More
And did everyone live on the zoo?… Read More
Were there goods and dads living in the zoo?… Read More
But Missouri who were also interested in that same, and that’s how, that’s part of, I wouldn’t claim total responsibility at all, but that is how Missouri diets came about. They, it was act it was actually as an extension of what VP Nutrition had started, oh gosh, 40 years… Read More
And then BP Nutrition decided they were gonna sell and who did they sell out to?… Read More
So it had to be sort of fat covered so it would float. And at the time, BP were producing a lot of new fish foods, which would actually float. And they also produced a floating poultry diet as well. So by combining the idea of a small pellet that… Read More
Could we establish a floating diet that contained the right sort of pigments and, and floating in a way?… Read More
So I gave this idea to him one day, can we not, ’cause you know, how flamingos feed by, you know, dabbling upside down, could we work on, could we use a floating diet?… Read More
Yeah, we, there was a BP British petroleum, which most people are familiar with, the one of the local garages selling them gas, bp and I think they still do, had an, has an, an animal nutrition department. And, and what happened there was the fla, we had several groups… Read More
Can you relate the story of how Missouri Foods was started?… Read More
But we got to a point where we were very confident that we could keep an animal just lightly sed sedated enough that it wasn’t, I mean, still sort of awake, but, but not, certainly not aggressive or frightened. And, and you can imagine some of the looks that we… Read More
No. And, and, and folks today, particularly on a, you know, just on a safety and public health and your own health point of view would be horrified at some of these stories. But we obviously, we moved an, well, we moved animals fairly frequently between Regent Spark and whip… Read More
And that’s a, that’s, you know, a lot of kids, of course are very shy, often their parents are not, which can be a, an issue, it can be a challenge sometimes, but, but I always say to any, any youngster, teenager, you know, look for experience and look for… Read More
Was it best practice at the time?… Read More