Jim has worked at The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) for 26 years becoming the first Animal Behaviour management Officer in 2013.
Jim is responsible for training and enrichment across ZSL’s two zoos, London and Whipsnade Zoo, working within the Evidence-based Animal Care team (EAC) who oversee animal welfare, diet management, behaviour management and zoo research. The EAC team provide objective and data driven recommendations to support animal care at ZSL’s two zoos.
Jim helped found and chaired the BIAZA (British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquaria) Animal Training and Behaviour Working Group from inception in 2014 until 2022, is Vice Chair of EAZA (European Association of Zoos and Aquaria) Animal Training Working Group and is an EAZA Academy instructor.
Jim’s dual passions are animal behaviour and wildlife conservation, and he has provided behaviour science expertise for international and native species recovery projects, as well as teaching, lecturing and providing workshops on behaviour management all over the world.
Jim was recently recognised for these contributions, being listed in the ‘Power 10’ of zoo and aquarium global influencers 2024.