the inner life of animals by peter wohlleben

He practiced in California for many years, but today lives and works in the Florida Keys.ġ) The book's description also includes: This is a book about survival, both of the pets that Mader and his staff try to save daily, as well as the staff themselves. Mader has received numerous community, academic, and professional accolades. He has written three best-selling medical textbooks, numerous book chapters, and scientific publications, as well as long-standing pet columns in newspapers and magazines. Doug Mader DVM, a triple board-certified veterinary specialist who has been a veterinarian for over three decades. After I finished my residency in Primate and Zoo animal medicine my friend, and ultimately my business partner, and I started the Noah’s Ark Veterinary Hospital.

That, combined with my early upbringing in the Florida Keys, traipsing around the Mangrove swamps with my older brother, helped change my path to working with exotic animals instead of horses. During my convalescence, I volunteered my downtime with the zoo ward at the veterinary school. A year and a dozen surgeries later, I realized I was no longer able, with any confidence, to work with large animals. An under-aged, drunken driver changed all of that in a matter of seconds.

I promised myself two things-I’d never live in a city (I was a country boy and loved ranch life) and I’d never work in a small animal practice. When I was in high school, I started working with horses, which led to blacksmithing, which led to working with a veterinarian. MB: How does your book relate to your background and general areas of interest?ĭM: Medicine had always been a passion.

The inner life of animals by peter wohlleben