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Conservation & research team
Conservation staff
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Dr Helen Senn
Head of Conservation and Science Programmes
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Dr Helen Taylor
Conservation Programme Manager
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Dr Alex Ball
WildGenes Programme Manager
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Liz Heap
Senior Lab Technician
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Dr Heather Ritchie-Parker
WildGenes Research Scientist
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Kasia Ruta
Conservation Project Officer
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Carl Allott
Conservation Project Officer
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David Eryenyu
Conservation Associate
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Dr Arnaud Desbiez
Conservation Associate
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Dr Thomas Doherty-Bone
Conservation Associate
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Adam Button
Experienced Animal Keeper
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Cecilia Langhorne
BIOBANK COORDINATOR
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Laura Daniels
Assistant Conservation Project Officer
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Magdalena Butowska
RZSS WildGenes Genomics Technician
Saving Wildcats Project Team
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David Barclay
Conservation Manager (ex-situ)
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Dr Keri Langridge
In-situ Conservation Manager
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Helena Parsons
Outreach and Engagement Manager
Veterinary team
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Prof Simon Girling
Head of veterinary services, RZSS
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Dr Stephanie Mota
Veterinary Surgeon, RZSS
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Dr Georgina Cole
Veterinary Surgeon, RZSS
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Hannah Jane Brazier
Registered Veterinary Nurse, RZSS
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Dr Alice Bacon
Veterinary surgeon, RZSS
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Dr Rebecca Amos
Veterinary surgeon, RZSS
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Louise Stott
Registered veterinary nurse, RZSS
Students
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Jo Howard-McCombe
PhD student
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Mataab Al Ghafri
PhD student
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Geraldine Werhahn
PhD Student
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Rachel Crouthers
PHD Student
Former students
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Alice Fraser
Former Undergraduate Placement Student
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Andrew Bagnall
Former Placement MSc student
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Valentine Patterson
Former Placement Student
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Nia Morgan
Former Placement Student
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James Taylor
Former PhD student placement
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Jane Hosegood
Former PhD student placement
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Stephanie Bourgeois
PhD Student
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Tarid Purisotayo
PhD Student
Former Staff
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Dr Fred Babweteera
Honorary RZSS Fellow
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Dr Jean-Marc Costanzi
Research Assistant
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Karen Keegan
Lab Technician
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Jenny Kaden
Senior Lab Technician
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Dr Gill Murray-Dickson
Biobank Research Fellow (RZSS/NMS)
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Genevieve Tompkins
Conservation Project Officer
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Dr Kara Dicks
WildGenes Research Scientist
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Jal Ghazali
Genomics Technician
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Dr Ian Simpson
Project Manager: Saving Wildcats
Latest News
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News
27/10/2023
RZSS response to the UK Government’s intention to deprioritise species restoration
I was surprised and dismayed to read about the UK Government’s intention to deprioritise species restoration, which fails to recognise the importance of that vital pillar of biodiversity recovery, as well as flying in the face of recent guidance from the world authority for conservation, the IUCN.
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News
13/10/2023
Critically endangered wildcats now call the Cairngorms National Park home
The first round of wildcat releases in Scotland has been completed by Saving Wildcats, led by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) in partnership with NatureScot, Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS), The Cairngorms National Park Authority, Nordens Ark and Consejería de Sostenibilidad, Medio Ambiente y Economía Azul de la Junta de Andalucía.