Fortunately we have not had any, you know, serious. I mean like that Barbary sheep out, you know, it’s not gonna injure anybody. It’s not like a big cat or you know, a bear or something that could, or some of the primates, that could be potential damage to visitors… Read More
Could you tell us a little more about getting that process off the ground, and what does board certification mean?… Read More
To be board certified in a particular specialty of, whether it’s human medicine or veterinary medicine, you know, you’re board certified as a ophthalmologist, as a obstetrician, as a you know, surgeon, whatever. And so there was no board certification for zoo medicine, and that was something that had to… Read More
We had one Barbary sheep that actually did get out of the zoo grounds, and was running around Forest Park, a large 2000-acre park, which our security was following, or was going, and I was in their truck, you know, chasing it all across the golf courses and so forth. Read More
Do these things sometimes happen late at night, or mostly during when keepers are there?… Read More
Well, that one was during the day. I think most of them were during the day, not late at night. Read More
But now, how are we gonna pick up this, you know, three, 4000-pound animal and get it back in its enclosure?… Read More
We can’t get a forklift in there. We can’t get anything in there, and what do we, so fortunately there was a trash dumpster that was right next to it. We’d kinda wake the rhino up and behind the trash dumpster, push, push, get him a little bit further, and… Read More
The rhinoceros escape, and most animal escapes, people think of animal escapes as getting out and running around the city, or whatever. They get out of their enclosure, but they’re not out of their building usually, and they’re not out of their, you know, usually. The rhino, I assume that… Read More
It was about 3:00 in the morning, And, what are we gonna do, you know,?… Read More
We can dart it. I mean, it’s just sleeping there. I could even almost reach over and just give it a hand injection of something. Read More
I think it is still being used today. I think it was a very worthwhile text. I know it was used in veterinary schools. I will say for me, it was a, I don’t like writing. You know I published a bunch, but I don’t like doing it. And it… Read More
And can you talk about some, so for example, like the rhinoceros escape?… Read More
And so I was able to take what Joel had put together and modify it and make it really useful for the practicing veterinarian, and I was able to do it in a way that I think Joel was accepting of it, instead of, “Well, you’re changing what I put… Read More
And so it worked out, and we were able to put it together. Read More
Is that, if you know, do you think it’s still being used today?… Read More
Again, I went to a lot of other individuals asked, “Well, what do you think about me doing this?” ‘Cause this was 1983, and I was, you know, well known in the zoo business at that point, and knew a lot of people to talk to. And everybody said, “You’ll… Read More
I guess maybe Tilazol maybe is better now, I don’t know. But ketamine, he had that, he had, you know, a page on that, and then he had a whole page on using M99, and then a whole page on using, you know, various other inhalant anesthetics and so forth. Read More
I mean, I mentioned earlier my experience with the M99 with the bears, it’s not the drug of choice for bears at all, but that’s what was used back then. Read More
This is no good, you know, this is terrible,” you know?… Read More