Well, as far as skeletons go, I lived in west side of Cleveland, I walked the creeks in the springtime, when the floods came along and drowned a bunches of animals and pick up the pieces of them and bring them back home, put them together. And then when I… Read More
How did you get started and why do you like it?… Read More
I can’t remember any events when I was president of the Zoo Veterinary Association that had to be dealt with. When I was president of the AAZPA, our thrust that year was really public relations and getting more publicity for the zoos. And we entered into an agreement. Oh, we… Read More
You put animals back together. Read More
Now as president of the zoo association, during your tenure as president, were there anything, any major events that occurred that you as president had to deal with, good or bad?… Read More
Yeah, oh yeah. They elected me to the presidency and it was funny. Joel Wallick was at St. Louis and I think. And boy, he was a thorn in everybody’s side. And he kept interrupting meetings and everything. Oh geez, he was a nightmare. But years after that, he came… Read More
Yeah, I think I was director of the zoo then that’s… I’m trying to remember the dates. That’s really going back. I can’t recall, but it seems like I was director of the zoo then. And I just was one of the oldest members there that hadn’t been president (chuckles). Read More
So they drafted you for the job?… Read More
You where the director of the zoo then, or?… Read More
How I became president of the Zoo Veterinary Association?… Read More
Yes. Read More
How did that come about?… Read More
Now you indicated that you were president of the American Zoo Association?… Read More
Were there zoos that seemed at the time reticent with this new government adoption of endangered species or were they all on board?… Read More
Well, as far as Endangered Species Act, we had as a zoo profession had been pushing it for so long that I think it was a relief that something was finally done. It’s just that when we realized what had been done, we were all horrified, ’cause here the government… Read More
Now there’s a lot of women there in the Zoo Veterinary Association. Read More
Well, one of the major events was the passage of the Endangered Species Act, because that made it imperative that we breed animals. And that was an event that certainly prompted a whole different philosophy in managing animals in zoos. We had the various humane societies, and animal protective groups… Read More
Yeah, I contacted other vets when I had a problem. Len Goss was one, (indistinct) was another one. Charlie Schroeder at San Diego Zoo. Chuck (indistinct) at St. Louis Zoo was another one. So yeah, I had vets that were experienced and I trusted, I always called if I had… Read More
Major events that affected animal care?… Read More
Were there veterinarians who you leaned on?… Read More