New Article: How Pink Pigeons Saved Me from Life as a Lawyer

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New Article: How Pink Pigeons Saved Me from Life as a Lawyer

Hi All,

Please check out: Lawyer to Zookeeper; plus Notes on Pink Pigeon Conservation

First, I should explain the odd title. I grew up near the Bronx Zoo and dreamed of a career there since early childhood. Early on, however, responsibilities made it impossible for me to consider zoo work, a notoriously low-paying field. By the early 1980’s, however, things changed and I was volunteering at the Bronx Zoo and doing everything else I could think of to break into the field. But I was a lawyer at the time, and, despite years of experience with well-known animal importers and bird breeders, the zoo’s management did not believe I seriously intended to abandon such a lucrative profession. Then the Pink Pigeons came to the rescue…Read article here:
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Comments and questions appreciated,

Thanks, Frank
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[Tintola]

Just bumping untill I have time to read it.

[finches247]

Great Article

[findi]

Thanks very much! Best, Frank