David Taylor

Hi everyone!

Today's topic is about a person you admire in your field and I haven’t admired anyone, so then I searched on the internet and found a vet who caught my attention because I would like to be a surgeon and I love zoo animals.

His name is David Taylor; he was the first veterinary surgeon to specialise in zoo and wildlife medicine. He was born on February 11, 1934 and passed away on January 29, 2013.

David Taylor was born in Rochdale, England and qualified at the University of Glasgow School of Veterinary Medicine in 1956. He was awarded the first RCVS Fellowship for a wild animal topic (diseases of primates) in 1968, and was recognized as an RCVS specialist in zoo and wildlife medicine, areas where he made significant contributions. He was known for his inventive and unusual treatments, on one occasion successfully treating a hemorrhaging killer whale by feeding it black puddings.

Taylor worked with zoo and wild animals from 1957, acting as a consultant on the treatment of some of the rarest species on Earth. Taylor worked for zoos across the world and he also worked for some of the most famous circuses in the world.

In 1976 he founded the International Zoo Veterinary Group (IZVG) with his partner Andrew Greenwood and the Dinnes Memorial Veterinary Centre in California. Today, the IZVG is one of the largest and best-known independent zoological veterinary practices in the world. In March 2008, Taylor retired from the International Zoo Veterinary Practice though he still acted as a consultant and continued to be a prolific writer until his death.

I think that I just fell in love with this man, I hope one day I can have his career.