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VetBooks.ir record (ZIMS), animal transportation, and felid zoo diets) from Massey University in
New Zealand, and has previously worked as a
studbook responsibilities. Sam completed an
MSc in Animal Behaviour and a PhD in
and education programme coordinator for
Animal Behaviour and Welfare. Sam’s conservation manager, research scientist,
research focuses on zoo animal welfare and zoos in the UK, South Africa, and the United
the impacts that human–animal interac- Arab Emirates.
tions, human–animal relationships and zoo
animal husbandry and management tech- Jonathan Webb is an associate professor in
niques impact and improve captive animal conservation biology with a background in
welfare. Sam is a member of the BIAZA applied research focusing on actions for
Research Committee and also sits as the recovering threatened fauna and mitigating
Welfare Expert on Defra’s Zoo Executive the impacts of invasive species. His recent
Committee. research has centred on using behavioural
techniques to reduce the impacts of cane
Gerard (Gerry) Whitehouse‐Tedd has over toads on northern quolls. Jonathan has pub-
35 years’ international experience working in lished more than 120 scientific papers and he
zoos, private and government animal collec- currently teaches wildlife ecology at the
tions, and theme parks. He is a professional University of Technology Sydney. He believes
animal manager, trainer, and zoo supervisor, that scientists should communicate their
with specialisation in the husbandry, train- research to the wider public, and his research
ing, and management of exotic and domestic on northern quolls was featured extensively
species. This includes management of ani- in the media, including the BBC documen-
mals for captive breeding programmes, med- tary, Attenborough’s Ark. Jonathan is a keen
ical husbandry, rehabilitation, public display, wildlife photographer and he lives with his
and presentations, as well as visitor experi- wife and two children on a wildlife friendly
ence, encounter, and outreach programmes acreage on the NSW central coast.
with zoo animals. Gerry has held senior zoo
management roles for the past 20 years and is Heather Williams began SCUBA diving at
currently the operations manager for the 14 and first helped in an aquarium at 16 with
Kalba Bird of Prey Centre in the United Arab work experience at Scarborough Sealife
Emirates, a position he has held since 2012. Centre. She has volunteered with pilot
whale photo‐ID work (Projecto Ambiental,
Katherine Whitehouse‐Tedd is a senior Tenerife), and cetacean distribution research
lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, (Organisation Cetacea). She studied ocean
specialising in human–wildlife conflict, zoo science with marine biology at the University
conservation education, and carnivore hus- of Plymouth, during which time she volun-
bandry. Kat teaches on undergraduate and teered at the National Marine Aquarium
postgraduate degrees in zoo biology and (NMA), completing her honours project
conservation, and supervises a range of stu- there focusing on seahorses (Hippocampus
dent research projects both locally in the UK kuda specifically). After university, she was
and abroad. Kat’s research interests are cur- offered a job within the animal husbandry
rently concentrated on the use of livestock department at the NMA. Following this, she
guarding dogs as mitigating tools for pro- moved to Grand Cayman to work in a rela-
moting human–carnivore coexistence, as tively new tourist attraction – Boatswain’s
well as vulture conservation, and the use of Beach. This is where she first became inter-
ambassador animals in zoos for promoting ested in training the animals in her care. A
conservation behaviours in visitors. Kat move to The National Sealife Centre in Bray,
holds a PhD in nutritional science (investi- Ireland for a couple of years meant she could
gating bioactive dietary compounds in large implement a simple training programme