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Porcupines to Polar Bears

Adventures of a Wildlife Veterinarian
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  • Porcupines to Polar Bears by Jerry Haigh
  • Porcupines to Polar Bears by Jerry Haigh
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Storyteller Jerry Haigh shares his adventures as a wildlife veterinarian with the University of Saskatchewan and coming from a clinic at the base of spectacular Mount Kenya in Africa to the flat lands of the Canadian prairies in Saskatchewan. He worked with wild animals such as moose, polar bears and even a toothless old lion: George the resident lion of the Forestry Farm Zoo, suddenly off his feed because a tooth infection, needed a couple of stainless steel crowns, accomplished by Jerry and his team of four dentists! His study of the best cocktail of drugs for immobilizing various species brought Jerry in contact with researchers of black, grizzly and polar bears, bison, moose and many others Where Men Walk with Moose, an episode of Mutual of Omahas Wild Kingdom, followed Jerry along with Bob Stewarts team of moose researchers from the Department of Natural Resources When the director of the Calgary Zoo needed dentistry for Foggy the Hippo, he turned to Jerry with his skill at immobilizing a wide variety of species and his ingenuity with a Gigli saw Jerry and his family were called upon to bottle raise and find other ingenious ways to save a black bear cub orphaned by an earthmover At the invitation of Ray Schweinsburg, polar bear biologist for the Northwest Territories, Haigh spent time at Pond Inlet (now Qikiqtaaluk) on the eastern shore of Baffin Island using his specialized techniques for animal immobilization and collecting samples for research on this iconic Canadian wild animal. And many more heart-warming and exciting stories from a time when being a wildlife veterinarian was a rare occupation!

Author Biography:

Jerry Haigh worked in the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences at the University of Saskatchewan's Western College of Veterinary Medicine in Saskatoon until his retirement in 2008. He and his wife, Jo, lived and worked in Africa for 10 years, where he developed his skills with wildlife.
Release date NZ
September 1st, 2023
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Pages
304
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Dimensions
9x215x139
ISBN-13
9781896124612
Product ID
25004593

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