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We are eternally grateful to all those kind people who help us to care for the animals in our sanctuary.
Company Registration No 3714183 .
VAT Number 741 8355 27.
UK registered charity number 1076645
Advisory Board
As well as being an accredited Quarantine premises Wales Ape and Monkey Sanctuary has had Approval under the Balai Directive for 16 years. In the UK the Sanctuary is constantly under scrutiny by APHA (UK Veterinary Ministry), Zoo Inspectorate, Local Council Authority and Fire Protection Services.
Advisors include:
Dr Rhys Jones Patron FLS FRSB MCIEEM CEnv
Dr Jones has decades of International scientific research and conservation expertise, and his support is invaluable to the Sanctuary.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP AND LICENCES:
- Fellow of the Linnean Society, London (FLS).
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (FRSB)
- Full membership Chartered Institute of Ecology & Environmental Management (MCIEEM).
- Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv)
- Member of the Cardiff Bat Group.
- Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act, 1986 Universities’ training group in modules to 4 in Rat, Mouse, Rabbit and Guinea pig, University of Wales College of Medicine.
- Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act, 1986 Universities’ training group in modules 1 to 3 in Venomous snake, University of Liverpool.
- Great crested newt licence (NRW, Wales).
- Great crested newt licence (Natural England).
- White clawed Crayfish licence (NRW, Wales).
CONSULTANCY EXPERIENCE: over 25 years
- Mitigation, for developments where protected species occur.
- Report writing, protected species reports, mitigation reports, monitoring reports, experience of writing Environmental Impact Assessment reports, working on SWTRA schemes.
- Scientific Advisor and Presenter: Discovery, National Geographic, The Smithsonian Channel, ABC, Channel 5 and BBC One
Dr Colin Goldner PhD in behavioural Psychology and member of the German Primatological Society, and CEO Great Ape Project Germany. Numerous publications on apes and monkeys in the entertainment industry.
Salvador Marin Lillo DVM PhD specialist in wild animal and zoological medicine. Collaborating veterinarian of the AAP Primadomus Centre, Villena, Alicante, Spain and Imaging diagnosis technician.
Rona Brown CEO at PAWSI and Consultant in Animal Welfare
Nuria Cabrito Moliner Biologist with zoology speciality and experience in primate recovery centres in Mexico and Primadomus. Training advisor to zookeepers and veterinary technical assistants and one of the founders of Animalia Protection.
Diana Plange Berlin’s first Animal Protection Commissioner has visited and approved Wales Ape and Monkey Sanctuary
International Primate Heart Project, Cardiff and Great Ape Heart Project Zoo Atlanta.
Asli Han Gedik Founder Wild @ Life. Wales Ape and Monkey Sanctuary have helped to finance a Ranger and a primate nurse for confiscated orphan chimpanzees in Angola. We have also provided much needed equipment for the Rangers.
Dr Jeffrey Vidt USA specialist in Mucinosis
Stuart Scott Director CLP Education Consultant
Trustees and Staff with Science qualifications:
Jan Garen BSc PGCE
Graham Garen Design Engineering and Ballistics Expert
James Moore Msc
Andrew Morris BSc Psychology
Dr Jyoti Patel
Nicola Pollard Head Keeper BSc Zoology, LLM Environmental Law and Management
Megan Price BSc Zoology, Consultant Ecologist
Elizabeth Ross Bsc
Wales Ape and Monkey Sanctuary have a long history of collaboration and consultation with other groups like IPPL, the Hepatitis B Foundation in USA, University of Swansea Imaging Department, Hematology Department at Jefferson Hospital PA, Seed Madagascar, Baboon Matters Trust SA, Haddon Training for Apprenticeships in primate care, GRAAL, KSPATH and laboratories throughout Europe.
