And we’ve now starting to see that we’re getting resistance to the use of a lot of these antibiotics. So some of the organisms are coming resistant to ’em. So we have to always be changing, but we seem to be always able to come up with a new treatment,… Read More
Do you see a realistic role in assisted reproductive techniques in maintaining the endangered species?… Read More
I think the prevalence of trying to prevent disease as opposed to treating it after it’s obviously present have been very important to us. And it’s been a continuum that’s been growing, we would much rather spend time on doing lab work on blood or on feces to find out… Read More
Were there some that stand out to you as really important changes, maybe it’s in diagnosis or treatment or some aspect, what changes in that vein have you seen. Read More
Changes in veterinary medicine have been both in diagnosis and treatment and preventive medicine?… Read More
I would like to see zoos, I think become more regionally-oriented with specialties. In other words, zoos that can do good with certain groups of animals or types of animals or species would concentrate on working with those species and not try and have-all do-all type zoo. And that might… Read More
How would you describe zoos now?… Read More
In the future, what would you like to see them become?… Read More
And I think that has sort of slipped over into thinking that, well, we don’t need to keep animals in captivity, or we don’t need to control animals. Read More
Well, probably the biggest, the tallest ladder we all have to climb is the funding ladder. And the fact that that zoos are very labor intensive. They’re a 24 hour a day, seven day a week, 365 day a year business. And you don’t have income coming in more than,… Read More
But until someone has traveled in these countries where the “animals are free” and see what miserable conditions they live in and how their life is in danger all the time from either poachers or habitat encroachment, disease, drought, volcanoes, flooding, these are all things that animals in the wild… Read More
And if you can identify it in your opinion, what can be done to correct the problem?… Read More
And other people are, have a broad enough interest in learning other skill sets that they should pursue them and go on and become directors. Read More
What would you say is the largest professional problem facing US zoos today?… Read More
I think it has more to do with the long term aspiration of the individual veterinarian as to whether or not he wants to be bothered with all the other skill sets that he needs to develop to be a good director. He’s gotta have an interest in finances. He’s… Read More
What worked for you?… Read More
What do you want to tell vets who want to be directors, should veterinarians, zoo veterinarians, become zoo directors and why?… Read More
I’m probably a little prejudiced, but I think an animal person at the top with good business support and preferably someone who has at least a rudimentary knowledge of business before you can become a director, you should know how to read an expense statement and a balance sheet you… Read More
So would you say in your opinion is better to have a animal man at the top with a business person underneath them or business person at the top with an animal person underneath them?… Read More
You mentioned it about business, what are the pros and cons of the kind of new wave of zoo directors, a large number have more, non animal related backgrounds such as business administration?… Read More