In 1951 Oliver Graham-Jones became London Zoo's first inhouse veterinary officer and curator of mammals, and worked there for 15 years, before leaving to become a lecturer at the Royal Veterinary College. It took him seven years to write Zoo Tails.
Gerald Durrell meets James Herriot. In Zoo Tails, Oliver Graham-Jones recalled his time as the chief vet at London Zoo, and some of the extraordinary animals he met along the way.
