And these were girls that lived within a mile of the ocean and they had never seen the ocean before. And it’s just fantastic to get these inner city people out, to see these things. And if you can’t take the animals into them, or bust them out, you gotta… Read More
Oh, certainly. And certainly the Lincoln Parks is a good example of that. Located in the city. And it’s the only opportunity for many city folks to see animals. Many of them can’t get out where the major zoos are located and the Lincoln Park Zoo is a fantastic zoo. Read More
Crandon Park was a small zoo. We had only 22 acres. The animal collection grew, because we had a lot of reptiles, a lot of small mammals. And a tremendous bird collection. So collection wise, it was probably a medium size zoo, but size wise, it was small. Metro Zoo… Read More
Can small and medium size zoos make a difference in conservation?… Read More
Would you consider that a large major zoo, or would you consider it more of a smaller or middle size zoo?… Read More
Well, you can work in a zoo. If you can’t get a job there or part-time or full-time, become a volunteer. Become a docent, and just absorb as much as you can get as much experience as you can in that field. It does two things. One thing is it… Read More
We’ve talked about various zoos. The Bronx Zoo or Brookfield Zoo, are considered large major zoological institutions. When you were at Crandon Park, or even Metro as it started in the beginning. Read More
They say, well, how can you get experience as a zoo veterinarian?… Read More
When we built our new animal hospital at the zoo, we had installed all this fancy equipment. X-rays, that we could X-ray elephants with. Tables, examining tables that would lift an elephant or (indistinct) antelope or something, and til it up on the side. And so we got lots of… Read More
Well, the thing in veterinary medicine, I think that has changed is all the specialists. I mean, we didn’t have specialists that dealt with one particular phase of medicine. And when I was in school, it was either small animals or large animals. But it wasn’t somebody that specialized in… Read More
Were there other big changes that you’ve seen either in diagnosis or treatment?… Read More
And was there something that aside from the tranquilizer drugs that stood out to you as assisting the zoo veterinarian?… Read More
I’ve only been back there once since I left. In your career, you’ve seen unimaginable changes in veterinary medicine. Things have progressed. Aside from… We’ve talked about the tranquilizer drugs. Read More
And I know there’s a big push towards computers and pushing buttons and lifting things up, and reading things and all that. I don’t know. I guess I’m too old school. I’d rather see the natural habitat exhibits have a docent there to explain the exhibit and the animal. And… Read More
Have you had the opportunity to go back to the the Miami zoo?… Read More
What aspects would you think that they should have?… Read More
Well, let’s see the future zoo. I guess I would like to see the future zoo be much like some of the better zoos today, with natural habitats. I think the maximum educational impact, which I like a zoogeographic arrangement. ‘Cause I think that tells you more about animal life… Read More
Or how would you like to see the zoo and the future become?… Read More
But I think you gotta get people out there. You got to get people to be interested in animals, impressed by them, thrilled by them. Then you give them your conservation message. Why habitats have to be preserved. Why individual species have to be preserved. But to do that, you… Read More
And is there any answers to some of those things?… Read More