LEADER 05059nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910452036603321 005 20210603013036.0 010 $a0-231-50719-4 024 7 $a10.7312/robi13248 035 $a(CKB)1000000000455595 035 $a(OCoLC)216947084 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10183523 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000192082 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11172110 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000192082 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10185906 035 $a(PQKB)10816858 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC978750 035 $a(DE-B1597)459270 035 $a(OCoLC)979909807 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231507196 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL978750 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10183523 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL690491 035 $a(OCoLC)831121129 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000455595 100 $a20040206d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLife at the zoo$b[electronic resource] $ebehind the scenes with the animal doctors /$fPhillip T. Robinson 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (314 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-231-13249-2 311 0 $a0-231-13248-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 279-283) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tPREFACE --$tINTRODUCTION --$t1. Intern at the Zoo: An Eclectic Orientation --$t2. Too Early for the Autopsy: Fitting in at the Zoo --$t3. Growing Pains: Educating the Menagerie Makers --$t4. The Keepers: Nurturing the Health of Animals --$t5. Zoo Babies: Promoting Motherhood --$t6. Exhibit Making: Creating Zoo Ecosystems --$t7. Creature Comfort: The Power of Microenvironments --$t8. What's This Thing? Searching for the Normal --$t9. Holding the Tiger: Zoos Say Yes to Drugs --$t10. Finding the Sick in the Zoo: Seeking Out Disease and Discomfort --$t11. Feeding the Ark: The Nutritional Wisdom of Animals --$t12. Getting Closer to Animals: Judas Goats and Alpaca Coats --$t13. So, You Work at the Zoo? Employees, Visitors, and Fence Jumpers --$t14. Animal Cases and Chases: And Some Things Better Kept to Myself --$t15. Zoo Regulars: Coworkers Without Titles --$t16. Ethical Captivity: Animal Well-Being in Zoos --$t17. What a Zoo Should Be, And Ought Not Be --$tAnnotated Bibliography of Selected Works on Zoos --$tIndex --$tPhoto Credits and Attributions 330 $aPlease Do Not Annoy, torment, pester, plague, molest, worry, badger, harry, persecute, irk, bullyrag, vex, disquiet, grate, beset, bother, tease, nettle, tantalize or ruffle the Animals.-sign at zoo Since the early days of traveling menageries and staged attractions that included animal acts, balloon ascents, and pyrotechnic displays, zoos have come a long way. The Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes in Paris, founded in 1793, didn't offer its great apes lessons in parenting or perform dental surgery on leopards. Certainly the introduction of veterinary care in the nineteenth century-and its gradual integration into the twentieth-has had much to do with this. Today, we expect more of zoos as animal welfare concerns have escalated along with steady advances in science, medicine, and technology. Life at the Zoo is an eminent zoo veterinarian's personal account of the challenges presented by the evolution of zoos and the expectations of their visitors. Based on fifteen years of work at the world-famous San Diego Zoo, this charming book reveals the hazards and rewards of running a modern zoo. Zoos exist outside of the "natural" order in which the worlds of humans and myriad exotic animals would rarely, if ever, collide. But this unlikely encounter is precisely why today's zoos remain the sites of much humor, confusion, and, occasionally, danger. This book abounds with insights on wildlife (foulmouthed parrots, gum-chewing chimps, stinky flamingoes), human behavior (the fierce competition for zookeeper jobs, the well-worn shtick of tour guides), and the casualties-both animal and human-of ignorance and carelessness. Phillip Robinson shows how animal exhibits are developed and how illnesses are detected and describes the perils of working around dangerous creatures. From escaping the affections of a leopard that thought he was a lap cat to training a gorilla to hold her newborn baby gently (instead of scrubbing the floor with it) and from operating on an anesthetized elephant ("I had the insecure sensation of working under a large dump truck with a wobbly support jack") to figuring out why a zoo's polar bears were turning green in color, Life at the Zoo tells irresistible stories about zoo animals and zoo people. 606 $aZoos 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aZoos. 676 $a590.73 700 $aRobinson$b Phillip T$0972239 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452036603321 996 $aLife at the zoo$92471342 997 $aUNINA