David Taylor (veterinary surgeon)
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David Conrad Taylor, BVMS, FRCVS, FZS (11 February 1934 ā 29 January 2013), was a British veterinary surgeon. He was the first veterinary surgeon to specialise in zoo and wildlife medicine. Taylor worked with zoo and wild animals from 1957, acting as a consultant on the treatment of some of the rarest species on Earth. He was world-renowned as an expert in marine mammal medicine.[1] From 1968, he was the vet in charge of Cuddles, the first captive orca to be kept in the UK, at Flamingo Park, North Yorkshire.[2]
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Born | David Conrad Taylor (1934-02-11)11 February 1934 Rochdale, Lancashire, England |
Died | 29 January 2013(2013-01-29) (aged 78) |
Occupation(s) | Veterinarian, author, television presenter |
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