Board of Trustees

Tony Noble

Trustee & Fundraising Committee Chair

Ambassadors

Staff members & Advisors

Science Committee

Bill Holt

Visiting Professor at the University of Sheffield and Honorary Research Associate at the Smithsonian Institution

 

Madeline Lancaster

Group Leader at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

University of Cambridge

 

Philippe Wilson

Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor for Innovation & Knowledge Exchange, Professor of One Health

York St John’s University

 

Mike McGrew

Group Leader at The Roslin Institute

University of Edinburgh

 

Imogen Harris

PhD researcher in environmental toxicology and reproduction

University of the West of England (UWE)

 

Louise Gibson

ZSL Biobank Manager

Zoological Society of London (ZSL) Institute of Zoology (IOZ)

 

Sarah Forsyth

Curator of Mammals

Zoological Society of London (ZSL)

 

Lewis Rowden

Evidence-based Animal Care Manager

Zoological Society of London (ZSL)

 

Jacqueline McKenzie Dodds

Molecular Collections Facility Manager

Natural History Museum

 

Laura Sivess

Molecular Collections Coordinator

Natural History Museum

 

Cecilia Langhorne

Senior biobank technician for RZSS WildGenes

Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS)

 

Anna Mekarska

EAZA Biobank Coordinator

European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA)

 

Nicky Needham

Head of Species Management & Conservation

British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA)

Southern white rhino

Total Population: Around 15,000 in the wild

Azara’s agouti

Total Population: Unknown

Scimitar-horned oryx

Total Population: Around 400 in the wild

Sumatran laughing thrush

Total Population: 2,500 - 10,000 in the wild

Bactrian camel

Total Population: Less than 1,000 in the wild

Spix’s night monkey

Total Population: Unknown

Nile Lechwe

Total Population: 30,000 - 40,000 in the wild

Black-naped fruit dove

Total Population: Unknown

Clouded Leopard

Total Population: Less than 10,000 in the wild

Babirusa

Total Population: Less than 10,000 in the wild

Okapi

Total Population: Less than 25,000 in the wild

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South American fur seal

Total Population: Around 200,000 in the wild

Black howler monkey

Total Population: Less than 5,000 in the wild

African wild dog

Total Population: Around 6,600 in the wild

Eurasian Red Squirrel

Total Population: 120,000 to 160,000 in the wild

Mandanao bleeding-heart dove

Total Population: Less than 2,500 in the wild

Guianan Squirrel Monkey

Total Population: Around 150,000 in the wild

Owston’s palm civet

Total Population: Unknown

Hyacinth macaw

Total Population: Around 6,500 in the wild

Bar-headed goose

Total Population: 97,000 - 118,000 in the wild