Interview 14294 – Caption Index: 387
Should a zoo veterinarian become a zoo director?… Read More
Should a zoo veterinarian become a zoo director?… Read More
What skill set qualities, does the zoo veterinarian need today as compared to when you started?… Read More
Well, of course they’re better trained today, but because of the better training, some of them may think that they know more, and don’t have to listen to people like the curators or the keepers. And I think they have to learn to listen to people, and to work with… Read More
The ability to listen to people, to listen to keepers, to curators, and evaluate what they say. I think that’s one of the problems today, is that people don’t listen to people. People will come in and say, we’ve got this problem and people say, oh yeah, we know all… Read More
What would you say made you a good veterinarian?… Read More
Have any animals been special to you?… Read More
(laughs) There was a pair of gelada baboons that were kind of special to me. Well, I guess mainly because I did a cesarean section on the female. Delivered a live baby that we hand raised at home, but then she had several young naturally after that, but they were… Read More
Have you had the experiences where you lost a particular animal, that you cared for a long time?… Read More
Thank goodness, I was not at the zoo when either the two keepers were killed. One was killed by a tiger. I think it was the year after I retired, and the other one was killed probably about 10 years later by an elephant. So I was not there. I… Read More
Were you director at the time, veterinarian or education?… Read More
Or did you, when you were- Well, people used to ask me what the favorite animal in the zoo was. And by far it was the tigers. They were beautiful animals, impressive animals. I don’t know as I haven’t had any that are more important to me than others. But… Read More
But if I had to treat an elephant, I would either let the elephant keeper give the injection or I’d shoot him with a capture gun, and a projectile syringe. I did not go near elephants. You mentioned about a keeper at the zoo being killed by an elephant. Read More
Do you have a particular family or of animals you prefer to work with, then if you do, why?… Read More
If you don’t have a good zookeeper, then you’re gonna have problems. Read More
We kept them. Didn’t pay that much attention to them, when they died, they were replaced. But it’s become much more professional. So I would say that working together, the curators, the zookeepers, the veterinarian, and of course the management staff altogether. But I still say the main… The most… Read More
When I went to veterinary college, the extent of my training in animal exotic animal medicine was a half a day at the zoo. Now we have internships residencies in different zoos. We have them down Miami. So we’re preparing graduate veterinarians a lot better now to take care of… Read More
Are they doing enough?… Read More
How would you say zoos are doing today, to manage their animal collections, regarding medical husbandry?… Read More
Was there one zoo that as you toured, stood out, had great ideas, or things that you saw, you said I’m gonna want to transfer those ideas to my zoo?… Read More
Well, there are several zoos that we looked at that we thought were good. Of course San Diego Wild Animal Park was a good example of an open area, where different species were mixed together successfully. San Diego Zoo is nice with its modern exhibits. Brookfield Zoo, certainly another very… Read More