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Tim Bouts – Veterinary Officer Whipsnade
Tim joined ZSL as a veterinary officer based at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo in 2006.
After graduating at Ghent University, Belgium in 2000, Tim joined the department of Surgery and Anesthesiology where he worked with horses and ruminants. On completion of the MSc in Wild Animal Health at ZSL London Zoo and the RVC in 2002
Tim began a residency in anaesthesia at Ghent University. Here, he developed an anaesthetic table for koi carps for doing laparoscopy. He moved back to the UK to Newquay to work in a first and second line mixed practice and a referral hospital for exotics which provided the veterinary care for Newquay zoo, Blue Reef aquarium and the Cornish Bird of Prey Centre.
Tim also went to the UAE to become the Head of the Veterinary Department of the Endangered Wildlife Breeding and Conservation Centre in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi and was the chief veterinarian of Al Bustan Zoo in Dhaid Sjarsha until he joined ZSL as a veterinary officer based at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo in 2006.
