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From camels to crocodiles, the first zoo vets had to learn on the job | Letters

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From camels to crocodiles, the first zoo vets had to learn on the job | Letters
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Readers respond to the Guardian’s picture essay showing a year in the life of London zoo vetsWe were pleased by your article on the important work of zoo vets (From sleeping lions to spitting snakes: a year in the life of London zoo vets, 19 April). Our father, Calvert Appleby, worked as a vet at Edinburgh zoo from 1948 to 1959, before moving to the Royal Veterinary College in London. His first few years were as a PhD student of veterinary pathology with the Dick veterinary school while also act

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