Doctor Dolittle Research Paper

A Woman Called Croatian Doctor Dolittle Doctor Dolittle of Croatia is a nickname we all love to call her, but that nickname makes her angry, too. Doctor Ingeborg Bata is a veterinarian at Zagreb Zoo. A woman who once had a leopard for a pet, an elephant for her best friend and cared for babies like little lions and little seals. In her life, there are no free days and no vacations. Her life is dedicated to those who need her most, to all kinds of animals. Treating animals with the same respect as humans is a life that doctor Bata has choosen to follow. Since she was a little girl, she wanted to become a veterinarian. Her understanding of animals was always extraordinary. From the way she speaks of them to the way she speaks to them. It really looks as if she is …show more content…
One was an old elephant Patna who had already been at the Zoo when she came to Zagreb Zoo. As Patna was very sick and old doc Bata took special care for her. She made a close contact with the elephant full of understanding and respect. ‘’Animals can feel if you want to help them or harm them. They can recognize your intensions very closely and respond to them in the same way’’ she added. The elephant Patna passed away at a very old age leaving all the Zoo stuff heart broken. In addition to that, another and the last Zagreb Zoo elephant Suma passed away just a few months later. Doctor Bata thinks that animals in zoos need special treatment by their handlers and groomers because they are caged in zoos whole their lives and they need to make bounds with humans. Nature and freedom is something they haven’t known and have never met since zoo animals have for generations mated imprisoned. Zoos around the world have database of their residents and at reproducing time of their animals they choose closely who will mate with whom and their offsprings are later distributed among other zoos in the world to maintain stronger genetic