Is There a Doctor in the Zoo? by David Taylor (1978)

Is There a Doctor in the Zoo?
by David Taylor
Publisher: J. B. Lippincott Company
Copyright: 1978
Book Club Edition

"A sequel please Doctor," begged the Los Angeles Times when Zoo Vet was published. Now here it is, and David Taylor has surpassed himself. With unfailing zest and humor, he recalls the early and often hair-raising adventures that made him what he is today -- roving doctor to the world's rare and exotic wild animals.

You'll meet his amazing grandmother, who shared and encouraged David's youthful passion for healing animals. It was this ingenious old lady who suggested applying her denture adhesive to a frog's enflamed toe, a technique Dr. Taylor still uses on dolphins and whales to keep medication from washing off. "One day David's going to treat tigers," Grandmother proudly told her cronies.

How her prophecy finally came true is described here with gusto, in a memoir crammed with stories of bizarre events and odd creatures, including the embarrassing moment when David lost his clippers down a barlady's copious cleavage while struggling to cut the nails of her man-hating parrot . . . the case of the burlesque queen who thought her 12-foot python dancing partner had VD . . . the horrifying experience of watching a young dolphin commit suicide off the Florida coast . . . the day David's wife risked her life to comfort and soothe a bereaved orang-utan mother . . . his thrilling escape from murderous Arab drug smugglers whose food he had spiked with a powerful purgative . . . and an elegant "pets' luncheon" that ended in slapstick comedy.

Is There a Doctor in the Zoo? is illustrated with Frankie Coventry's sensitive line drawings of Dr. Taylor's birds and beasts. They enhance to perfection the eloquent, poignant, and hilarious record of one man's love and concern for his fellow creatures.

Condition: Used. Hardcover. Dust cover shows shelf wear, discoloration, soiling and edge creasing. Pages are tanning from age. Previous owner's "Library Of" stamp is on the front endpaper.

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