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title: "Life at the Zoo: Behind the Scenes with the Animal Doctors"
brand: "phillip robinson"
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# Life at the Zoo: Behind the Scenes with the Animal Doctors

**Brand:** phillip robinson
**Price:** R$686
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- **What is this?** Life at the Zoo: Behind the Scenes with the Animal Doctors by phillip robinson
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## Customer Reviews

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    Content Mainly about Zoo Administration
  

*by C***E on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 9, 2010*

OK, I was ready for exciting personal experiences and details about veterinary treatment of zoo animals.  This book contains very little of that and a whole lot about zoo management, administration, etc.  While I certainly acknowledge the vast amount of work necessary to operate a zoo and see that it runs smoothly with necessary provisions for all the animals; that is not what I was looking to read when I purchased this book.  I was hoping to learn how they get a hippo to let you work on his teeth; or get an elephant to pick up its feet, or learn if they vaccinate all the equine animals in the zoo, if so how?  Nope, this wasn't it for me.

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    Good book, but not as expected
  

*by R***E on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 11, 2013*

This book provides a lot of information, but it is not the information you would probably expect. The book jumps around from personal biographical experiences to text-book information on zoos. What upset me was the fact that it never gave a complete perspective of either. It was like a copy a paste of 25% of a textbook, and 25% of a biography. You missed out on 75% of textbook information, and 75% of the biography information.The good news is that the 25% of the textbook information, and the 25% of the biography information was amazing and a very interesting read. You will just be disappointed in the fact that there is not enough of it.

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    Of beasts and bureacracies
  

*by R***T on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 5, 2004*

This is a delightful book. From the dust jacket to the illustrations and index, it is beautifully produced. The author, standing on the left in the dust jacket photo, provides an important inside look at life in the zoo. Robinson's career as a field biologist and zoo veterinarian at the world famous Zoological Society of San Diego provide him great insights into the minds of beasts and bureaucracies. Much of this book is will be great interest to historians of animal collections and veterinary medicine for exotics. However, any dedicated zoo patron will find this account rich and the book will reach a very broad audience among students of animal behavior, aspiring veterinarians, animal lovers and zoo keepers. The anecdotes are lively and poignant, and will resonant with those who have worked behind the scenes in similar facilities. I especially liked the tale of the infamous Ken Allen, an orangutan Houdini!This is a book that needed writing and Phillip Robinson was the one to do it. A leading authority on zoo medicine, the author also proves himself a skillful writer and storyteller. Life at the Zoo should be at the top of your shopping list for any animal lovers or aspiring ethologists.

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