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Attenborough, Sir David Frederick
Personne · 1926-

Sir David Frederick Attenborough is an English broadcaster, natural historian and author. He is best known for writing and presenting, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, the nine natural history documentary series forming the Life collection, a comprehensive survey of animal and plant life on Earth. He has advocated for restoring planetary biodiversity, limiting population growth, renewable energy, mitigating climate change, reducing meat consumption and setting aside more areas for natural preservation
Lorenz, Dr Konrad Zacharias
Lorenz, Dr Konrad Zacharias
Personne · 1903-1989

Konrad Zacharias Lorenz was an Austrian zoologist, ethologist and ornithologist. He shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Nikolaas Tinbergen and Karl von Frisch. He is often regarded as one of the founders of modern ethology, the study of animal behaviour. He developed an approach that began with an earlier generation, including his teacher Oskar Heinroth. Lorenz studied instinctive behaviour in animals, especially in greylag geese and jackdaws. Working with geese, he investigated the principle of imprinting. Although Lorenz did not discover the topic, he became widely known for his descriptions of imprinting as an instinctive bond. Lorenz's work was interrupted by the onset of World War II and in 1941 he was recruited into the German Army as a medic. In 1944, he was sent to the Eastern Front where he was captured by the Soviet Red Army and spent four years as a German Prisoner of War in Soviet Armenia. Lorenz wrote numerous books, some of which, such as King Solomon's Ring, On Aggression, and Man Meets Dog, became popular reading
Graham-Jones, Oliver
Personne · 1919-2002

Oliver Graham-Jones was born in 1919 and lived in Harborne, Birmingham. He was educated at King Edward's Grammar School and read veterinary medicine at the Royal Veterinary College in London.

After qualifying in 1941, he bought his own practice in Camberley, Surrey. Shortly afterwards he volunteered for the Royal Army Veterinary Corps in Italy, looking after the pack mules.

Graham-Jones took up the new post of Veterinary Officer at London Zoo in 1951, and he took a flat between the seal and hippo enclosures. He was the first resident Veterinary Surgeon at ZSL London Zoo in 1951. He set up its first animal surgery, developing the 'flying syringe' for anaesthetising animals without distress. He was responsible for the health of many famous ZSL animals, such as Guy the Gorilla, Churchill's Lion, Rota, and Chi-Chi the Giant Panda.

In 1966 he moved on to become Senior Lecturer at the Royal Veterinary College in London. He was founding President of the British Veterinary Zoological Society and past President of the British Small Animal Veterinary Association.
Chester Zoo
Collectivité · 1930-

Chester Zoo is a zoo at Upton-by-Chester, Cheshire, England. It was opened in 1931 by George Mottershead and his family. It is operated by the North of England Zoological Society, a registered charity founded in 1934