Zoo Tails
Author: Jones, Oliver Graham Jones
ISBN: 9780857502605
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 15 Dec 2015
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback / softback
Gerald Durrell meets James Herriot. In Plt;iPgt;Zoo TailsPlt;/iPgt;, Oliver Graham-Jones recalled his time as the chief vet at London Zoo, and some of the extraordinary animals he met along the way.
One puff adder, one antelope, one crocodile P#8211; Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;Plt;iPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;This was the list of sick animals presented to Oliver Graham-Jones on his first day as a new vet at London Zoo in 1951. And his time at the zoo didnP#8217;t get any less strange or entertainingP#8230;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;ThereP#8217;s the time he anaesthetized, and was then chased by, a gorilla; had to capture 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. And if an animal escaped (more frequently than you might think) or required urgent medical attention, he was always on hand, ready for any eventuality. With his self-deprecating humour, Oliver frequently described himself as quaking with fear, but he was also skilful, brave and, most of all, incredibly caring and kind to his animal patients.
ISBN: 9780857502605
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 15 Dec 2015
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback / softback
Gerald Durrell meets James Herriot. In Plt;iPgt;Zoo TailsPlt;/iPgt;, Oliver Graham-Jones recalled his time as the chief vet at London Zoo, and some of the extraordinary animals he met along the way.
One puff adder, one antelope, one crocodile P#8211; Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;Plt;iPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;This was the list of sick animals presented to Oliver Graham-Jones on his first day as a new vet at London Zoo in 1951. And his time at the zoo didnP#8217;t get any less strange or entertainingP#8230;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;ThereP#8217;s the time he anaesthetized, and was then chased by, a gorilla; had to capture 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. And if an animal escaped (more frequently than you might think) or required urgent medical attention, he was always on hand, ready for any eventuality. With his self-deprecating humour, Oliver frequently described himself as quaking with fear, but he was also skilful, brave and, most of all, incredibly caring and kind to his animal patients.
