Cat SG Members France

I am mesmerized by wild cats since childhood and after I got a Master degree in ethology on lamb and ewe bond establishment in 2000, I quit the agronomy world to pursue my goals to work for wild cat conservation. I then helped found the French zoological park “Le Parc des Félins” where I served as Deputy Director and Curator and supervised for 15 years the care, the management and breeding of 26 wild cat species. Simultaneously, I also served for several years as the Vice Chair of the Felid Taxon Advisory Group of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) and was the European Breeding Program Coordinator for the sand cat, until I left the zoo community to join the global wild cat conservation organisation Panthera in 2017 as the Managing Director of the French/European subsidiary. I am especially interested in all poorly-known cats and I initiated a study and conduct on-going research on sand cats in Morocco since 2015 in collaboration with my friend, colleague, and CSG member Dr. Alexander Sliwa and Moroccan partners from Rabat Zoo.