Michael Brambell Explained

Michael R. Brambell is a British zoologist, and was director of the Chester Zoo, from 1978 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,
• 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.

Notes and References

1. Chester Zoo News, August 1978, page 2 html
2. Book: The Way of the Panda: The Curious History of China's Political Animal . Henry Nicholls . Open Road Media. 2011. 978-1-4532-1773-3 .
3. Book: Last animals at the zoo: how mass extinction can be stopped . Colin Tudge. Island Press. 1992. 978-1-55963-158-7.