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So what kind of zoo did you see when you got there and as you were working there?… Read More

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Well, we had a collection of a whole bunch of really neat animals. I mean, we had the classic, tigers and lions, polar bears, which were more plentiful at that time in zoos. We had a polar bear escape. That was fun. I was sitting in my office in my… Read More

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Well, I’m always interested in how animals are managed. Part of the veterinarian’s challenge is that we see the animal when the animal is sick or thought to be sick, although I firmly believed that, one of the things Tom taught me was it’s so important that you also know… Read More

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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

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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

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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

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How did that come about?… Read More

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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

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What was your title when you went to Riverbanks?… Read More

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Well, the position, the head vet position became available at Riverbanks. The veterinarian there left. Read More

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And so Satch Krantz called me and said, “Would you be interested in a position?… Read More

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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