My first reaction was that here was a special little kid that needed special care, and physically in Chicago the Children’s Hospital is just a, maybe a 10-minute drive from where Lincoln Park Zoo is on the near north side of Chicago. And so I just scooped up the animal,… Read More
No, I do not remember a date. The animal was a youngster, less than a year old. Was in the cage with its parents, at least with its mother, I can’t remember if at that time the male was in there too. And for whatever reason, the keeper came running… Read More
And the question was, what to do?… Read More
And do you remember a date on that?… Read More
But in addition to that, as time went on and I needed specialized help, the veterinarians in the Chicago area were basically what I was, small animal practitioners, dogs, and cats, and assorted sorted little critters. And if we needed someone that was, say an ophthalmologist to work on the… Read More
Can you tell us about the gorilla that went to Children’s Memorial Hospital, and why it went there, and what happened?… Read More
Well, I lived across the street from Lincoln Park Zoo. I had an apartment there in Lincoln Park West in Chicago, and in our apartment building was my pediatrician. I had two daughters, youngsters at the time and Dr. Martin Hardy was his name. And he was on staff at… Read More
And this was a night call two, three in the morning on a rainy, thundering, lightning evening. When I got to the zoo and the keeper said, “Doc, we’ve got this animal, she’s trying to deliver.” And we were able to rope her and get her head and corner the… Read More
Why did you do that and how did that evolve?… Read More
Well, my philosophy was to try and learn, because I may have stated earlier in these discussions that I was a classic city boy, had no farm experience, didn’t know anything literally about wildlife, other than the little I’d read and was aware of as any youngster in school might… Read More
And I was trying to be medically supportive and I think it took them months before their baby finally settled down and did well. And for us, Bozie medically, I don’t recall as a problem. So the story of Bozie is just a silly fun story of timing, and coincidences,… Read More
When you tarted at the zoo as a full-time veterinarian, what was your philosophy to deal and work with the keepers?… Read More
And we stayed there X hours, and had a flight booked to Chicago. And that time, the plane that we were on was one of these split planes where the front half of the plane are passengers and the back half were freight. And so this baby elephant and its… Read More
And then the question was, how to get it home?… Read More
And that meant making a crate for it there, which they had facilities to do that because they were shipping animals from the orphanage. And I proceeded to have a crate made, and got to the airport with the crate and an animal. And the guy said, “But you can’t… Read More
And I finally went to the head of the airport and said, “I have an emergency situation.” He said, “What’s that?” And I said, “I’ve got to go get a baby elephant.” And of course, he thought I was a little wacko. And I finally convinced him of what I… Read More
And for some reason, this taxi driver got on that turnoff, and I looked out the window and thought, “Oh my golly, I’m heading down to Indiana.” Well, happily there was a booth somewhere, a collection booth not too far down some miles, and we were able to get off… Read More
You talked about sending animals to other zoos and receiving them. Can you tell us the story about the Sri Lankan elephant, Bozie, that came to Lincoln Parks Zoo, and how you were able to- Bozie is kind of an interesting fun story. First of all, we heard, we meaning… Read More
And Art said, “I’ll underwrite the purchase of the animal.” And we started a dialogue between the director of the zoo there in Sri Lanka, Lindy Alice, and also the governmental agencies. And finally, after what seemed like an interminable time, there was a small window of opportunity to go… Read More
Well, fortunately the telephone, which today is still a useful tool, was always there. And we would call each other up if we had issues or problems. And once a year at the National Veterinary Conventions, the American Veterinary Medical Association, AVMA would have their meetings. And invariably, those of… Read More