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Kathy Holder: Kathy
specialises in water vole captive
breeding and husbandry. She
has supervised the production of
over 7000 water voles in her
working career and has assisted
the production of various papers
on their ecology. She has
lectured many student groups in
small mammal breeding and
husbandry.
Husbandry staff
Megan Phillpott: Megan has been
working for the Derek Gow Consultancy
since 2007 and now manages a water
vole captive breeding centre near
Canterbury on behalf of the Derek Gow
Consultancy. Outside of work Megan
enjoys working on her family farm and
fishery. She has recently taken up an
interest in taxidermy.
Lyn Rennie: Lyn has been part of the DGC
animal husbandry team since 2011. Lyn works
on the water vole breeding programme and
takes care of all of the other species of British
wildlife that live here. Outside of work Lyn
regularly shows horses and ponies with the
help of her two young children.
Lavinia Wakeham: Lavinia has
been working for the Derek Gow
Consultancy since Spring 2010 as
a part time member of the water
vole breeding team. Outside of
work Lavinia breeds Suffolk
Punch and Connemara horses as
well as running her family farm
with her husband James.
Daniella Siddal:
Daniella joined the
Derek Gow Consultancy
at the beginning of
2009. Daniella has been
trained in Animal
Husbandry and Care by
Duchy College and is a
full time animal keeper.
When not at work
Daniella enjoys riding
her horse.
Specialists in water vole ecology
