Maeva Vinot (Meerkat Volunteer Mar ’16 – Mar ’17)
Meerkat Volunteer March 2016 to March 2017
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Thomas Hue (Meerkat volunteer Jun ’16 – Jun ’17)
Meerkat Volunteer June 2016 to June 2017
Coline Muller (Zurich Manager)
Research assistant for Zurich (Jan. 16 – ) On-site field manager representing the Zurich lab.
Pauline Toni (Zurich Manager)
Research assistant for Zurich June 2014-June 2016 Meerkat volly April 2013-April 2014 After graduating from a MSc in Animal and Human behaviour in 2009, I did a lot of volunteering: in a National Park in North Cameroon where I spent most of my time tracking leopards through the bush; in…
Helen Spence-Jones (Cambridge Research Assistant)
Cambridge Research Assistant (2015-2016) BSc Hons Natural Sciences (Zoology) – University of Cambridge After a brief stint of camera-trapping fieldwork in Mongolia after I graduated, I came to the project as a volunteer for a year in Sept 2014. I’ve stayed on for another year to work as the research…
Laura Meldrum (KMP Manager)
Senior Project Manager KMP – Personnel Manager (2015 – 2017) MSc Wild Animal Biology (Royal Veterinary College) BSc Hons Biological Sciences (Zoology) (University of Edinburgh) During my four years spent doing my BSc in Biological Sciences with Honours in Zoology at Edinburgh University I volunteered twice at animal rehabilitation centres…
Chris Duncan (KMP Manager)
BSc Hons Biological Sciences (University of Birmingham) Senior Project Manager KMP – Technical Manager (2015 – 2017) I have always been interested in biological research; during and prior to my BSc in Biological Sciences at the University of Birmingham I had various short term field and lab based research stints.…
ZIM004 – Bonako
Name: Bonako (“Quick” in Tswana language) Position in group: Subordinate male. He is the youngest of the founding males. Date of birth: 30-June-2008 History: Same as ZIM002 and ZIM003, ZIM004 was born and raised in the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust on Jersey island, United Kingdom. He and his older brothers arrived in…
ZIM003 – Baka
Name: Baka (“Fool”, but also “Praise” in Tswana language) Position in group: Subordinate male Date of birth: 13-April-2008 Moved out of the group in June 2013. History: ZIM003 was born and raised in the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust on Jersey island, United Kingdom. He and his brothers ZIM002 and ZIM004, who…
ZIM002 – Kgosi
Name: Kgosi (“Chief” in Tswana language). Position in group: Dominant male (while present) Date of birth: 14-July-2007 Date of death: 03-May-2015 History: ZIM002 was born and raised in the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust on Jersey island, United Kingdom. He and his younger brothers ZIM003 and ZIM004 arrived in Zurich on 11th…
Thomas Hue (Meerkat volunteer Jun ’16 – Jun ’17)
Meerkat Volunteer June 2016 to June 2017
Coline Muller (Zurich Manager)
Research assistant for Zurich (Jan. 16 – ) On-site field manager representing the Zurich lab.
Pauline Toni (Zurich Manager)
Research assistant for Zurich June 2014-June 2016 Meerkat volly April 2013-April 2014 After graduating from a MSc in Animal and Human behaviour in 2009, I did a lot of volunteering: in a National Park in North Cameroon where I spent most of my time tracking leopards through the bush; in…
Helen Spence-Jones (Cambridge Research Assistant)
Cambridge Research Assistant (2015-2016) BSc Hons Natural Sciences (Zoology) – University of Cambridge After a brief stint of camera-trapping fieldwork in Mongolia after I graduated, I came to the project as a volunteer for a year in Sept 2014. I’ve stayed on for another year to work as the research…
Laura Meldrum (KMP Manager)
Senior Project Manager KMP – Personnel Manager (2015 – 2017) MSc Wild Animal Biology (Royal Veterinary College) BSc Hons Biological Sciences (Zoology) (University of Edinburgh) During my four years spent doing my BSc in Biological Sciences with Honours in Zoology at Edinburgh University I volunteered twice at animal rehabilitation centres…
Chris Duncan (KMP Manager)
BSc Hons Biological Sciences (University of Birmingham) Senior Project Manager KMP – Technical Manager (2015 – 2017) I have always been interested in biological research; during and prior to my BSc in Biological Sciences at the University of Birmingham I had various short term field and lab based research stints.…
ZIM004 – Bonako
Name: Bonako (“Quick” in Tswana language) Position in group: Subordinate male. He is the youngest of the founding males. Date of birth: 30-June-2008 History: Same as ZIM002 and ZIM003, ZIM004 was born and raised in the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust on Jersey island, United Kingdom. He and his older brothers arrived in…
ZIM003 – Baka
Name: Baka (“Fool”, but also “Praise” in Tswana language) Position in group: Subordinate male Date of birth: 13-April-2008 Moved out of the group in June 2013. History: ZIM003 was born and raised in the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust on Jersey island, United Kingdom. He and his brothers ZIM002 and ZIM004, who…
ZIM002 – Kgosi
Name: Kgosi (“Chief” in Tswana language). Position in group: Dominant male (while present) Date of birth: 14-July-2007 Date of death: 03-May-2015 History: ZIM002 was born and raised in the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust on Jersey island, United Kingdom. He and his younger brothers ZIM003 and ZIM004 arrived in Zurich on 11th…