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Zoo Tails
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Zoo Tails (2001) (edit title/settings)

by Oliver Graham-Jones (Author) (edit contributors)

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An irresistible collection of stories from London Zoo’s first resident veterinarian.

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One Puff Adder One antelope One crocodile
This was the list of sick animals presented to Oliver Graham-Jones on his first day as veterinary officer at London Zoo.

It was 1951, and the care of wild animals in zoos was in its infancy. Previously, sick animals had been placed in the... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

One Puff Adder One antelope One crocodile
This was the list of sick animals presented to Oliver Graham-Jones on his first day as veterinary officer at London Zoo.

It was 1951, and the care of wild animals in zoos was in its infancy. Previously, sick animals had been placed in the hands of their keepers and kept from public view. But Oliver Graham-Jones was to change all this. A pioneer of many of the techniques now used by vets around the worl, he was instrumental in building the first animal hospital and moving London Zoo away from its Victorian past into the high-tech world of modern vetinary medicine.

If a dangerous animal escaped or required urgent medical attention, Oliver was always on hand ready for any eventuality. In Zoo Tails, he tells us about some of the extraordinary animals he looked after: how he anaesthetized, and was chased by, a gorilla; captured an angry polar bear in thick fog; performed a colostomy on a python; and fitted a raven in the Tower of London with a wooden leg.

Filled with wonderfully funny stories, told with delightfully self-deprecating humour, this is a book that will appeal to lovers of animals great and small.

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  1. Oliver Graham-Jones (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Transworld Pub
Country: Great Britain
Publication Date: April 2001
ISBN: 978-0593049310
Page Count: 208 pages

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