Interview 14294 – Caption Index: 407
They say, well, how can you get experience as a zoo veterinarian?… 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
As you see some of the issues. The largest issues facing zoos today. I retired 22 years ago, so I’m not all together familiar with what problems are facing zoos today. But I’ve always felt that there’s certainly a need to get people to the zoo one way or the… Read More
The veterinarian’s role in conservation it’s his responsibility to keep the animals healthy, to advise the curatorial staff on breeding, if it’s a captive breeding situation, or on keeping animals from breeding, which is now become a big problem with zoos. So he’s gotta advise on maintaining the collection, whether… Read More
What should the veterinarian’s role be in conservation?… Read More
I think it was helpful to me to be a veterinarian first and then become a zoo director. But when I look at being a zoo director, I think there are two skills, two groups of knowledge that you have to know. One of them is you have to have… Read More
We had talked about education, and you said at one point conservation wasn’t that big a deal, because you could get an animal, you don’t have to worry about replacing it. But now it’s a little different, conservation’s a big topic. Read More
And actually if I modified it, I’ll say, was it helpful to you to have been a veterinarian and then become a zoo director?… Read More
And if so, why?… Read More