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Ep50 Marek Ĺ pinka on animal welfare, agency, and play behaviour
Dr Marek Ĺ pinka is an Associate Professor in the Department of Ethology and Companion Animal Science at the Czech University of Life Sciences and in the Department of Psychology at Charles University in Prague. Marek...
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Ep49 James Fischer on the importance of light in animal welfare monitoring and through the lens of the Five Domains
Dr. James Karl Fischer operates the Zoological Lighting Institute (ZLI), a charity dedicated to supporting and advocating for photobiology research in wildlife conservation and animal care.Dr. Fischer completed...
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Ep48 Craig Saffoe on the Association of Minority Zoo and Aquarium Professionals
Craig Saffoe is the Curator of Large Carnivores at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park located in Washington DC. Overall, he has over 27 years working with animals within zoos.Craig started his career thinking...
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Ep 47 Luke Harding on the importance of reptile welfare, cooperation in conservation and Blue Iguana (Cyclura lewisi) conservation
Luke Harding is the Blue Iguana Conservation Programme Manager at the National Trust for the Cayman Islands. He is a conservation biologist with over 14 years of experience in the conservation sector. Luke shares with...
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Ep46 Jon Coe on activity-based design, monkeys running the monkey house, and asking 'what is the message'?
Jon has almost 60 decades of experience, and completed over one hundred sixty planning and design projects for eighty-two zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens, theme parks, wildlife sanctuaries and national parks in...
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Ep45 Dr Francis Cabana on zoo nutrition, the importance of body condition scoring research and sharing knowledge
Dr Francis Cabana is the Assistant Director of Zoology & Wildlife Nutritionist at Wildlife Reserve Singapore and holds an Adjunct Lecturer position at Temasek Polytechnic, and shares his experiences working in...
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Ep44 Jan van Hooff on growing up in a zoo, Burgers' Zoo in WWII, and how connecting with a drill shaped his career
Jan van Hooff was born in a zoo in 1936. He grew up in Burgersâ Zoo, founded and named after his grandfather Johan Burgers. His grandfather was a butcher and in the meat trade, and also an avid collector of pheasants....
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Ep43 Amy Plowman on the importance of nutrition, collaboration, and learning from the wild
Dr Amy Plowman who is the head of conservation with the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, is part of the European Nutrition Group, and was at the Paignton Zoo and Wild Planet Trust for over 2 decades. Amy shares how she...
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Ep42 Suzy Deurinck on connection, being, social skills, and 247 horse welfare
Suzy Deurinck is from the Netherlands and is the owner of the horse consultancy company Deurinck Paardengedrag & Welzijn (horse behaviour and welfare). Suzy shares she is not as the typical horse lady. She tells...
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Ep41 Geoff Hosey on academic research, human-animal interactions and lemurs
Geoff Hosey is an Honorary professor at the University of Bolton in the UK. His experience of undertaking research and supervising students has mostly been in behavioural biology, animal welfare and primatology, and...
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Ep40 Sarah van Herpt on bear friendships, the importance of observations, and stories of healing
Sarah van Herpt is a senior bear team manager at Animals Asia in Vietnam, and she shares the work Animals Asia is doing and how they are working to improve the welfare of animals in captivity. In addition, they are...
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Ep39 Steve Unwin on interconnectedness, community, and people also as part of nature
Dr Steve Unwin, Lecturer in Biosystems and Environmental Change at the University of Birmingham School of Biosciences in the UK, is a European specialist in Zoo Health Management. Steve starts introducing how he...
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