Author: David Taylor D.V.M.
Alternate names: David Taylor; David Conrad Taylor
Born: 11. Februar 1934
Died: 29. Januar 2013
Bio: **David Conrad Taylor** was a British veterinary surgeon. He was the first veterinary surgeon to specialise in zoo and wildlife medicine. Taylor worked with zoo and wild animals from 1957, acting as a consultant on the treatment of some of the rarest species on Earth. He was world-renowned as an expert in marine mammal medicine. From 1968, he was the vet in charge of Cuddles, the first captive killer whale to be kept in the UK, at Flamingo Park, North Yorkshire.