Research Officer: 

Dr. Margaret Clotworthy.
 
Margaret has already been busy this year making contact with a larger number of universities and colleges. We are delighted to report students from an increasing number of institutes are being attracted to carry out their research for BSc / MSc at SWP.

Margaret is also now an external supervisor for two Royal Veterinary College (RVC) students.

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To date, SWP has accommodated research in the following areas:

Big Cats
Northampton University: Study of lynx behaviour & enrichment
Moulton College: Tiger enrichment
Sparsholt College: The effect of environmental enrichment on the behaviour of captive tigers (Panthera tigris)

Prairie Dogs
Anglia Ruskin University (ARU): An investigation into the black-tailed prairie dog burrow distribution & density & SWP
ARU: The effects of a captive environment on the ant-predation behaviour of the black-tailed prairie dog
ARU: Comparing the influence of visitor numbers & the perceived threat of predators on the behaviour of 2 wards of free-ranging captive black-tailed prairie dogs
 
Primates
ARU: Enclosure utilization in two species of primate

Wolves
Nottingham Trent University: Wolf behaviour: a comparison with packs at other centres

Raccoons
RVC: Study of raccoon stereotypies & enrichment

Margaret has also worked in collaboration with students from ARU & FoRShep, in Part 1 of a water vole survey on the River Shep.