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Interview 13445 – Caption Index: 126

Did you have any mentors within that veterinary group?… Read More

Interview 13445 – Caption Index: 124

It was not so much an association thing at that time. As the Zoo Veterinarian Association grew to the point where I think it’s over six or 700 now active veterinarians around not just the US, but mostly North American, but also European, communication became better. And we had more… Read More

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In the beginning, it was a pretty loose connection between zoo veterinarians around the country. As I say, the Zoo Veterinarian Association didn’t start until about the late ’60s. And it was a loose group of people who started meeting at Michigan State University back in ’67, ’68. And at… Read More

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Did you call each other to consult?… Read More

Interview 13445 – Caption Index: 122

How did that work?… Read More

Interview 13445 – Caption Index: 119

Now, as veterinarian, you were dealing with other veterinarians, how did that work around the United States?… Read More

Interview 13445 – Caption Index: 120

What was the state of the art of communication with these people?… Read More

Interview 13445 – Caption Index: 118

We had a very strong minded mammals curator, and he and I sometimes got into it. And the fact that I was actually his boss made it to the point that I had the final word. It always wasn’t consensus, I respected this curator. I took what he had to… Read More

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And so there was a lot of work, a lot of processing. And it seemed like at that time, it was just natural, to be the person that had arranged for the purchase and then the person that was responsible for treating them when they came in and then the… Read More

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Did you have any of those issues crop up that your experience helped you with?… Read More

Interview 13445 – Caption Index: 114

How difficult was it doing both of those jobs as compared to the jobs you had at Columbus when you were doing dual jobs. In Brownsville, here again, we had a very good staff put together there, Dr. Thomas Cherry pick people he wanted, and they were all hands-on people. Read More

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We have a shipment of animals here for you. and we were dealing with several dealers, most of ’em are out of Florida who were importing things out of South America. And we would get a call, hey, we’ve got 40 flamingos here for you. Or we have this or… Read More

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and the veterinarian?… Read More

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How many days were you at sea?… Read More

Interview 13445 – Caption Index: 112

23 Days at sea. And I imagine your days were pretty filled. Pretty filled from daylight to dark we were busy. It was hard. So now you get these animals to Brownsville, you’re in good shape, you’re still the associate director. Read More

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And then once he was to the point where it was safe, why four of us put him back into a crate and then repaired the crate?… Read More

Interview 13445 – Caption Index: 110

So that was a little different experience. But surprisingly enough, giraffe are some of the most resilient animals around. They were in large crates with canvas tops over ’em and they would brace their feet one way and then the other as the ship rolled, and they didn’t have any… Read More

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So I had to sedate him. And fortunately I had some drugs on board that I could do that, but I couldn’t have any capture pistols or anything because of customs and all. So I just had the hand syringe. So as zebra went by, I had to get a… Read More

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And then when the ship would go back the other way, it’d roll all the way across to the other way. Fortunately, there was about a four foot handrail all the way around, two or three rails, and that kept him from going overboard. Read More

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And so we had to figure out, oh my gosh, how are we gonna get that animal back and get him into a crate and get him done?… Read More

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