Exotic Vetting

What Treating Wild Animals Teaches You About Their Lives

De: Romain Pizzi

Narrado por: Patrick Doherty

Duración: 13 h y 33 m

Resumen del Editor

Anaesthetising a fish, x-raying a frog and hospitalising a walrus are all in a day’s work for the world’s wildest veterinarian.

Travelling from the rainforests of Sierra Leone to the jungles of Borneo, Romain Pizzi has caught, anaesthetised, diagnosed, operated on, medicated and then released some of the world's most endangered wild animals.

From disease-testing Polynesian snails to keyhole surgery in Sumatran orangutans; from endoscopy in sharks to ultrasound on a chimpanzee. Sometimes this is high tech work, such as the first robotic surgery in a tiger, or giant panda cloning attempts. Sometimes the situations are more primitive, from anaesthetising a bear with a bicycle pump, old plumbing tubes and a plank, to operating on a vulture using an old metal spoon.

In Exotic Vetting, Romain recalls his many interesting patients, while taking listeners on a tour of the challenges of treating the world’s amazing spectrum of wild animal species.

©2021 Romain Pizzi (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Reseñas de la Crítica

‘A highly entertaining and thought-provoking tour de force. Thoroughly recommended.’ Veterinary Record

‘Romain Pizzi, who pioneered keyhole surgery for animals, is arguably the most versatile and inventive vet in the world.’ Guardian

‘We have other vets who are incredibly talented, but Romain is one of a kind.’ Matt Hunt, CEO of Free the Bears