HRM 3420 Lecture 35: HRM 3420 Lecture 35 Notes
HRM 3420 Lecture 35 Notes – Caring for the Animals and Dr. Tim Bernardino
Introduction
Caring for the Animals
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basis.
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• We hose Bo “telleosh eause he as the est adidate, Lau said.
• Three sets of employees work closely with the animals: veterinarians, curators, and
zookeepers.
Dr. Tim Bernardino
• Dr. Ti Berardio, diretor of Aial Health ad Nutritio at Cit Zoo, as the zoo’s
head veterinarian, and had been a zoo employee for 22 years.
• Eight full- and part-time employees in the animal health and nutrition department
reported to him.
• Veterinarians are responsible for the health care program for the animals, and they also
maintain all health records.
• Berardio as also the attedig eteriaria for the zoo, a position that carries with
it the responsibility to communicate on a regular basis with the Ministry of Natural
Resources.
• Part of this responsibility involved bringing questionable animal deaths to the attention
of the Ministry of Natural Resources.
• Bernardino was well respected by the international veterinarian community, and well-
liked by the zookeepers.
• He was known to deeply care for all of the animals in the zoo
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