RCVS Specialist in Zoo and Wildlife Medicine (Mammalian)
European Specialist in Zoological Medicine (ZHM)
Richard Saunders is a Staff Veterinarian at Bristol Zoo Gardens and Clinical Teacher at the University of Bristol. Additionally, he sees referral exotic pets at Highcroft Veterinary Referrals, Bristol, and is the veterinary adviser to the Rabbit Welfare Association and Fund. He qualified in 1994, obtaining his DZooMed (Mammalian) in 2010. He has authored numerous articles on rabbits, rodents and other wild and exotic species, and has contributed to a number of textbooks, including co-authoring “Notes on Rabbit Internal Medicine”, as well as several chapters for the new editions of the BSAVA Rabbit Manuals, and has co-authored “Rabbit behaviour and Welfare”.