Meet the team
Meet the people who work in the ZSL veterinary department across both sites.
Veterinary Officers and Veterinary Nurses
| Nic Masters - ZSL Head of Veterinary Services Before joining ZSL in January 2012 Nic worked for International Zoo Veterinary Group for 5 years taking him all around Europe and UK. |
| Tai Strike - ZSL Veterinary Officer Whilst studying veterinary medicine, Tai volunteered at Pretoria Zoo and in game parks in South Africa. |
| Yedra Feltrer - ZSL Veterinary Officer Yedra graduated at the University of Madrid in 1987 and Munich in 1988 where she also took and internship in the surgery and ophthalmology department. |
| Matt Rendle - Senior Clinical Veterinary Nurse, ZSL London Zoo 'I’m a very keen herpetologist,' says Matthew, who has kept and bred reptiles and amphibians since he was ten. |
| Jo Korn - Veterinary Nurse, ZSL London Zoo Jo is responsible for the daily husbandry of the inpatients as well as administering treatments and assisting the vets during surgical procedures. |
| Heather MacIntosh - Veterinary Nurse, ZSL London Zoo "London Zoo, Edinburgh Zoo, a Canadian Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre and a Nigerian Primate Centre have been a few of the places I have had the pleasure of working at before I started back here again at London Zoo in 2012". |
| Jo Dodds - Senior Veterinary Nurse, ZSL Whipsnade Zoo Jo joined ZSL in 1997 as the veterinary nurse at Whipsnade. |
| Karla Berry - Veterinary Nurse, ZSL Whipsnade Zoo “Working in the zoo environment has always been my dream job as I get to work with my favourite animals the Giraffes.” |
| Toni Beadle - ZSL Veterinary Department Zoo Keeper Toni worked with small primates, gorillas and pigs during her time as a volunteer keeper at London Zoo before becoming the Animal Care Assistant for the Veterinary Department in April 2007. |
Pathology and Microbiology
| Edmund Flach - ZSL Pathologist Starting out in general practice, Edmund studied for an MSc in Tropical Veterinary Medicine, which took him to Tanzania and Morocco. |
| Belinda Clark - ZSL Pathology Technician Belinda joined after completing an animal care course, and is responsible for sending off samples, archiving post mortem tissues and maintaining records. |
| Shaheed Macgregor - ZSL Microbiologist Shaheed is at the forefront of ZSL’s efforts to safeguard both animals and visitors from zoonoses, diseases which can be transmitted from animals to humans. |
Administration
| Claire Silva - Administration Supervisor ZSL Living Collections and Vet Department Studying zoology at university and working at a wildlife trust gave Claire a sound preparation for her work with Veterinary Services. |
