10 Rapid-Fire Questions with Zoo Veterinarian Doug Whiteside

Quiet mornings, the chillest animal, and why he chose zoology and conservation medicine as a career — the head vet at the Wilder Institute-Calgary Zoo and professor in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine gives us a glimpse of his day

Videography by Haley Martin

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