Michael Brambell

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.

Life

He was curator of mammals at the London Zoo, when Chi Chi was there.[2]

He is an exponent of captive breeding, to forestall animal extinction.[3]

Works
  • Horse, tapir & rhinoceros, Bodley Head, 1976, ISBN 978-0-370-01593-4
  • 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
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References
  1. http://www.historyofuptonbychester.org.uk/zoo.html
  2. Henry Nicholls (2011). The Way of the Panda: The Curious History of China's Political Animal. Open Road Media. ISBN 978-1-4532-1773-3.
  3. Colin Tudge (1992). Last animals at the zoo: how mass extinction can be stopped. Island Press. ISBN 978-1-55963-158-7.
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