Jeremy Mallinson
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Jeremy J. C. Mallinson OBE is a famous conservationist associated with the Jersey Zoo and Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust. He joined the zoo in 1960, but his great dedication saw him become Head of Mammals, and ultimately the Director of the Trust when he retired in 2002. Jeremy Mallinson was awarded the OBE in 1997 for services rendered unto conservation. He was also awarded the Wildlife Conservation Award from the Zoological Society of San Diego upon retirement in 2002. Mallinson was a close personal friend of the founder of the Jersey Zoo and Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust (now Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust) Gerald Durrell.
Jeremy Mallinson has authored numerous books about his animal experiences at the zoo and on animal collecting or conservation missions for the Trust. He has also published a book on book frontispieces and cover pages dedicated to him by personal friends Gerald Durrell and Lawrence Durrell. He has also brought out his first novel in 2004 - The Count's Cats - which was received favourably by the media.
Jeremy Mallinson has travelled extensively in Africa, Asia and South America in the course of his work. He has also reared a lioness and a cheetah outside the auspices of the Jersey Zoo.
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- Okavango Adventure: In Search of Animals in Southern Africa, David and Charles Group, (1973), ISBN 0-7153-6259-3
- Earning Your Living with Animals, David and Charles Group, (1975) ISBN 0-7153-6760-9
- The Shadow of Extinction: Europe's Threatened Wild Mammals (illustrated by Don Cordery), Macmillan, (1978) ISBN 0-333-19214-1
- The Facts About a Zoo: Featuring the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust (photographs by Al Vandenburg), Carlton Books, (1980), ISBN 0-233-97239-0
- Travels in Search of Endangered Species, David and Charles Group, (1989), ISBN 0-7153-9346-4
- The Count's Cats, Llumina Press, (2004), ISBN 1932560815
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- Such Agreeable Friends: Adventures with Animals, Universe Books, (1977), ISBN 0-87663-302-5
- Modern Classic Animal Stories, David and Charles Group, (1977), ISBN 0-7153-7433-8
- "Durrelliania": An Illustrated Checklist of Inscribed Books of Lawrence Durrell and Gerald Durrell and Associated Publications, Letters and Notes in the Library of Jeremy J.C. Mallinson, Privately printed first edition, (1999), other edition ISBN 1-900375-04-4
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Institutions associated with: Jersey Zoo • Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust • Wildlife Trust • Wildlife Preservation Canada • Mauritian Wildlife Foundation • Madagascar Fauna Group • Programme for Belize • World Land Trust • World Conference on Breeding Endangered Species in Captivity as an Aid to their Survival Co-conservationists: Lee Durrell • David Attenborough • Peter Scott • Jeremy Mallinson • Edward Whitley Expeditions undertaken: Argentina • Australia • Belize • Bhutan • Cameroon • India • Madagascar • Malaysia • Mauritius • Mexico • New Zealand • Paraguay • Russia • Sierra Leone Species associations: Aye-Aye • Gorilla • Mauritius Kestrel • Pink Pigeon • Pigmy Hog • Rockfowl • St. Lucia Parrot • Volcano Rabbit Books authored: The Overloaded Ark • Three Singles to Adventure • The Bafut Beagles • The New Noah • The Drunken Forest • My Family and Other Animals • Encounters with Animals • A Zoo in My Luggage • The Whispering Land • Island Zoo • A Look at Zoos • Menagerie Manor • Two in the Bush • The Donkey Rustlers • Rosie is My Relative • Birds, Beasts and Relatives • Fillets of Plaice • Catch Me a Colobus • Beasts in My Belfry • The Talking Parcel • The Stationary Ark • Golden Bats and Pink Pigeons • The Garden of the Gods • The Picnic and Suchlike Pandemonium • The Mockery Bird • Ark on the Move • The Amateur Naturalist • How to Shoot an Amateur Naturalist • Durrell in Russia • The Fantastic Flying Journey • The Fantastic Dinosaur Adventure • The Ark's Anniversary • Keeper • Toby the Tortoise • Marrying Off Mother and Other Stories • The Aye-Aye and I • Puppy Tales • The Best of Gerald Durrell Illustrators: Ralph Thompson • Edward Mortelmans • Peter Barrett • Graham Percy • Keith West • Cliff Wright Famous TV Series: Two in the Bush • Catch Me a Colobus • The Garden of the Gods • The Stationary Ark • Ark on the Move • The Amateur Naturalist • Ourselves and Other Animals • Durrell in Russia Notable others: Durrell Family • Jacquie Durrell • Lawrence Durrell • Achirimbi II • Theodore Stephanides • Douglas Botting |
