- Michael Brambell
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Michael R. Brambell is a British zoologist, and was director of the Chester Zoo, from around 1980 to 1995.[1] He won the 1999 Silver Medal of the Zoological Society of London.
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Life
He was curator of mammals at the London Zoo, when Chi Chi was there.[2]
He is an exponent of captive breeding, to forstall animal extinction.[3]
Works
- Horse, tapir & rhinoceros, Bodley Head, 1976, ISBN 9780370015934
- Michael R. Brambell, London Zoo's Giant panda: Ailuropoda melatiolenca: 'Chi Chi', 1957–1972. International Zoo Yearbook, Volume 14, Issue 1, pages 163–164. Published online 18 December 2007. The Zoological Society of London, 1985. doi:10.1111/j.1748-1090.1974.tb00809.x
References
- ^ http://www.historyofuptonbychester.org.uk/zoo.html
- ^ Henry Nicholls (2011). The Way of the Panda: The Curious History of China's Political Animal. Open Road Media. ISBN 9781453217733. http://books.google.com/books?id=zhkFpoZY4cQC&pg=PT125&lpg=PT125&dq=michael+brambell&source=bl&ots=0PsfO6Nnw2&sig=o8UwryJh91n8of2jEb0cDZAsRT0&hl=en&ei=TOeqTt-kEoP20gHl_8GhDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&sqi=2&ved=0CE0Q6AEwCA#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- ^ Colin Tudge (1992). Last animals at the zoo: how mass extinction can be stopped. Island Press. ISBN 9781559631587. http://books.google.com/books?id=QILUvAj2oi4C&pg=PA50&lpg=PA50&dq=Michael+Brambell+chester+zoo&source=bl&ots=L31vNpdOXM&sig=SLs3Qq6xfrULHwl9h4AiWYdvy74&hl=en&ei=zuqqTsiPNqLg0QHl0YXIDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDoQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Michael%20Brambell%20chester%20zoo&f=false.
External links
Categories:- British zoologists
- Living people
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