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Dr Paul Rose

PhD, MSc, PGCLT, ARCS, MIfL, SFHEA

Twitter: @pauledwardrose

• PhD study in the social organisation of captive wild animals

• Research into the social organisation of giraffe and flamingos in a zoo environment

• Investigating the group dynamics of the flamingo flocks at the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT ) Slimbridge

• Member: IUCN Giraffe & Okapi Specialist Group; Giraffe Conservation Foundation; IUCN Flamingo Specialist Group

• Vice-chair of BIAZA research committee; research liaison officer, BIAZA Bird Working Group

Kerry Hunt

MSc, BSc (Hons), DTLLS, FHEA

Twitter: @KerryHuntZoo

• Zoologist with an MSc in Animal Behaviour, University of Exeter

• MSc dissertation research on impact of environment enrichment on a herd of Rothschild’s giraffe

• Member of the EAZA nutrition group and on the Finance committee for the Fellowship of Animal Behaviour Clinicians

• Specific interest in zoo animal nutrition and behaviour, has supervised many student projects on these topics

• Research advisor to EAZA’s Canid and Hyaenid Taxon Advisory Group

Dr Marianne Freeman

PhD, M.Sci, PGCHE, C. Anim. Sci, MRSB

Twitter: @freefauna

• PhD, Queens University Belfast – development of camera trap methodology in monitoring deer distribution and abundance

• MSci Zoology, University of Glasgow –researched environmental and social influences on enclosure use and behaviour of zoo housed primates

• A member of the Animal Welfare Research Network and a registered collaborator on the Many Dogs project

• Trustee of the Animal Behaviour and Training Council, co-chair of the British Ecological Society Grants Committee and section editor for the Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Georgia Abernethy-Palmer

MSc, BSc (Hons), PGCE, QTLS & MSET

• Masters’ in Equine Behaviour, Performance and Training

• Lecturer in Animal Science and Access to Higher Education Science

• Keen interest in agricultural and livestock science

• Experience in the equine industry, completed funded projects by Dodson & Horrell

• Masters research project was founded around rider weight and the implications of this on competition

• Taught in both Further Education and Higher Education

• Currently working toward a Fellowship in Higher Education