Jul 26, 2022 | zoo
Jon was interviewed by BBC producer Daniel Nills Roberts for over an hour for an upcoming feature on the morality of zoos. It was a wide-ranging discussion, one of four interviews to be concentrated into a single ten-minute feature in the BBC IDEA series.
Jul 4, 2022 | zoo
Animal Welfare through Competence (WtC) is a novel animal management and facility design concept Jon developed for zoos and wildlife sanctuaries. The idea is that with excellent health care and diet zoo animals may appear happy and healthy. But can they do anything...
Apr 11, 2022 | zoo
2022 Jon prepared and delivered a two-morning training program for staff at the Zoological Society of London to assist them in their master planning of their two campuses in London and Whipsnade, UK.
Apr 11, 2022 | zoo
In June Jon delivered an hour-long webinar on zoo design trends to the Practical Animal Welfare Science (PAWS) webinar platform. Also, in June Jon collaborated with colleague Sabrina Brando to deliver a virtual lecture on improving animal welfare through integrated...
Apr 11, 2022 | zoo
These overcrowded elephant facilities need to be adapted for protected contact management and greatly enlarged to meet even existing needs. 2021: Working with David Morgan and Margaret Whittaker for Wild Welfare, Jon prepared conceptual plans for expanding the...
Apr 11, 2022 | zoo
Jon’s schematic design-level Reptile House floor plan 2021 Jon designed a small new reptile house for the Kyabram Fauna Park working with Director Lachlan Gordon based upon his 2019 master plan. It is now under construction.
