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The MRes Wildlife Conservation team
Who we are:
Name: Danielle Free
Danielle Free
Age: 28
Undergraduate course & year of graduation: BSc Animal Behaviour and Welfare (Hons), 2012 (Guildford)
Research project: Understanding social dynamics and their relevance for breeding success in captive populations
Highlight of the course so far: Practicing using camera traps in the woodlands around Marwell Zoo and in my local area.
Thoughts for the future? I hope that this course will provide me with the knowledge and contacts to become established in the conservation community.
Name: Eleanor Rendells
Eleanor Rendells
Age: 21
Undergraduate course & year of graduation: Biology at the University of Southampton, 2013
Research project: How large herbivores affect lowland heath invertebrates on Eelmoor Marsh
Highlight of the course so far: Getting settled in at Marwell Wildlife and meeting the conservation team.
Thoughts for the future? Wildlife conservation in the UK.
Name: Laura Pratt
Laura Pratt
Age: 23
Undergraduate course and year of graduation: BSc Zoology (Hons) from the University of Nottingham, graduated 2011.
Research project: The effect of predation on Grevy’s Zebra (Equus grevyi)
Highlight of the course so far: As well as the course itself, having the opportunity to be involved in conservation projects at Marwell Zoo, involving species in the animal collection, has been really interesting.
Thoughts for the future? I would like to be involved in conservation projects abroad that engage local people in their efforts.
Name: Robert Cooke
Robert Cooke
Age: 21
Undergraduate course & year of graduation: BSc Environmental Science (Hons), 2013 at the University of Southampton
Research project: The reintroduction of Scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah) to Tunisia and the impact on the ecosystem
Highlight of the course so far: Getting to grips with the process behind the big decisions within conservation, such as breeding programmes, reintroductions and research drivers.
Thoughts for the future? I want to develop my research and contribute to the IUCN’s ground-breaking work on the red list of ecosystems.
Name: Natalie Winmill
Natalie Winmill
Age: 22
Undergraduate course & year of graduation: Bsc Biology (Hons) University of Southampton, 2013
Research project: Population demography and movement of African elephants in Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Kenya
Highlight of the course so far: I love the practical learning aspect of the course, using the radio tracking equipment in Marwell Wildlife’s woodlands is better than reading about it in a textbook.
Thoughts for the future? I would love to work in the field in Africa, enabling wildlife to coexist with local communities and benefit each other.
Name: Rachel Gardner
Rachel Gardner
Age: 25
Undergraduate course & year of graduation: BSc Geography Hons, 2010 (Durham)
Research project: The success of reintroduction projects
Highlight of the course so far: Having lectures by and seminars with active conservation biologists at the top of their field.
Thoughts for the future? I would like to become directly involved with reintroduction projects and contribute to the growing debate surrounding this contentious topic.
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