Dr Sarah Ellis

BSc(Hons) PGDipCABC PhD

 
Sarah has always had a keen interest in feline behaviour both at a personal and professional level. She completed her PhD at Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland in 2007 in the area of sensory enrichment for cats housed in a homing centre. Sarah worked for several years as a Research Fellow at the University of Lincoln, UK investigating methods of improving feline welfare and furthering our understanding of the human-cat relationship. In 2015, Sarah joined International Cat Care as their Feline Behaviour Specialist. As well as contributing to many chapters, Sarah manages the development of Cat Behaviour Described.

Individual chapter contributors.

Helen Zulch

BVSc(Hons) MRCVS

Contributor to:
  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 7
  • Helen Zulch Helen qualified as a veterinarian at the University of Pretoria and has worked in a number of veterinary fields including first opinion and referral small animal practice, the veterinary pharmaceutical industry and welfare. She has lectured and consulted in Clinical Animal Behaviour for about 10 years.

    In February 2008 she moved to the UK to take up a lecturing position at the University of Lincoln where she teaches on the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and consults on cat and dog behaviour problems at the University of Lincoln Animal Behaviour Referral Clinic,
    a RCVS accredited specialist clinic. Her academic interests include learning, training and problem prevention, communication and cognition in companion animals and olfaction in dogs. She is currently also engaged in research towards her PhD.

    Although Helen has previously shared her home with cats, her current four legged companions are two dogs who ensure she spends many hours outdoors, whatever the weather!

    Dr Jenna Kiddie

    BSc(Hons) MSc PhD

    Contributor to:

  • Chapter 1

  • Jenna Kiddle Jenna graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Zoology from the University of Aberdeen before completing an MSc in Applied Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare at the University of Edinburgh. She then won a Senior Clinical Training Scholarship, funded by Cats Protection, at the University of Bristol’s Vet School. While there, Jenna consulted in the university’s small animal behaviour clinic, taught students at the university and Cats Protection staff and volunteers throughout the country. She also carried out research into the risk factors for aggression of domestic cats. Since completing this residency, Jenna has completed a PhD at the Royal Veterinary College, assessing the quality of life of kennelled dogs. This multidisciplinary project was funded by Dogs Trust.

    Jenna is now a lecturer in Animal Behaviour and welfare at Anglia Ruskin University.

    Sarah Butcher

    BSc(Hons) MSc

    Contributor to:

  • Chapter 5

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    Justine Harding

    Contributor to:

  • Chapter 3
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    Sara C Owczarczak-Garstecka

    Contributor to:

  • Chapter 3
  • Chapter 5
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