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And that was the Riverbank Zoo?… Read More

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Yeah. Read More

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What was the genesis for leaving Lincoln Park?… Read More

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Was there no position for you?… Read More

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Did you want to grow more than you could in Lincoln Park?… Read More

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What was the genesis for where you went?… Read More

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So you’re at the zoo, but then also, how did you become a consulting veterinarian at the Shedd Aquarium?… Read More

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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

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Why did you feel you wanted to move onward?… Read More

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So a lot of times Dr. Fisher would not be happy about the fact that he hadn’t been notified. And yet, we hadn’t even been notified yet that the animal was dead. I remember a snow leopard had died, and Coca-Cola Bob wandered on the grounds early in the morning… Read More

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And the staff wasn’t in yet, everybody wasn’t in yet, and here comes Dr. Fisher, and he knows, and we got a dressing down about that because, why didn’t he know?… Read More

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Well, we didn’t know. It was fun. Coca-Cola Bob was a hoot. Read More

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I’m trying to remember. The fellow that was always on the grounds, walking around, a public person. Read More

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And he would tell doctor, who was it?… Read More

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Coca-Cola Bob. Coca-Cola Bob. Coca-Cola Bob got me in trouble once, ’cause Coca-Cola Bob walks on the grounds in the morning once the gate’s opened, and they opened early, because we had deliveries coming and all that kind of stuff. And Coca-Cola Bob was this fellow who was certainly challenged,… Read More

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Did he tell you about it, the things you didn’t know from a senior person?… Read More

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Oh, he was absolutely one of the people that I consider to be a mentor. He was very present. You think of the director today, and a lot of the directors today kinda are in the office and they’re not out on the grounds like they used to be. But… Read More

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And we had this fellow, what was his name?… Read More

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We’re not really sure.” You know what, we weighed the pluses, and the strengths, and the weaknesses, and so where did we land?… Read More

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(Barbara laughs) So he was a lot of fun. I love Dr. Fisher. Read More