HRM 3420 Lecture Notes - Lecture 40: Veterinary Medicine, The Mammals
3 May 2018
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HRM 3420 Lecture 40 Notes – Randi Walker
Introduction
• Randi Walker was curator of Mammals at the zoo.
• The Maals departet’s 22 full-time employees (including 14 zookeepers) took care
of the zoo’s apes, great ats, ears, elephats, ad all hoofed aials.
• This was the largest animal department at the zoo, and was twice the size of the next
largest department, the Birds department.
• All of the deaths investigated by the Ministry of Natural Resources had happened in
Walker’s uit.
• The assistant curator of Large Mammals and the assistant curator of Small Mammals
worked under Walker.
• The assistant curators were two of the most liked curators at the zoo.
• They had excellent animal-are akgrouds, ere ery aare of the zoo’s
communication problems, and knew how to work effectively with the other employees.
• They were also respected by the zookeepers and other curators.
• Although curators do not usually have veterinary training, Walker had completed her
veterinary studies.
• However, she was not licensed to practice veterinary medicine in the province.
• Her background may have led to her difficult relationship with Bernardino.
• Sometimes she tried to second guess him, and other times she attempted to overrule
his decisions.
• Walker was particularly uncomfortable with the relationship that Bernardino had with
the Mammals zookeepers.
• She felt that his close relationship to them undermined her.
• There are ouiatio proles ith aal keepers ad [Maals urator
Radi Walker], oe keeper said.
• Some people can talk; other people, if they open their mouth, she jumps on them.
• That’s the uderlyig thig hy people talk to Dr. Tim.
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