Why A Pelican
Many people have
asked how a pelican came to be the logo of the hospital. If you've been
to the hospital you have no doubt noticed all of the various framed pelican
prints and other pelican art that decorate the hospital, as well as the
pelican logo on all our business stationary and business cards. Well,
Dr. Gayle Roberts has worked with much wildlife, including that at Lion
Country Safari both as a veterinary assistant in 1975 and later as a Park
Veterinarian 1981 to 1982. However, it was working with the pelicans of
Dana Point in 1983 after so many of them suffered life-threatening injuries
by having their beaks cut off by an assailant, that really touched her.
She also received two awards for her work with the pelicans; the Lorne
Greene New Wilderness Award and the Laguna Niguel Chamber of Commerce
Humanitarian Award, both in 1983.
Since that time, Dr. Roberts has acquired quite a collection of pelicans. She's got everything from prints to beany babies to windchimes to statues, to music boxes to, well, just about anything. Just ask any staff member who struggles at Christmas time each year to find her a pelican that she doesn't already have!
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