DIRECTORSHIPS AND MANAGEMENT ROLES

2008 - future Director International Centre for Birds of Prey, Newent, Gloucestershire, UK

 

2006 - 2007 Consultant, South Carolina Center for Birds of Prey/Avian Conservation Center

Senior Research Assistant, National Aviary Pittsburgh

 

2004 - 2006 International Director of the ICBP in Charleston South Carolina

 

1983 - 2004 Director and owner of the National Birds of Prey Centre (NBPC) Home of probably one of the most important collection of birds of prey and owls in the world

 

2000 - present Founder and Founding Trustee of The National Birds of Prey Trust

 

2000 - present Currently on the team working with the three critically endangered Gyps vultures in India and Nepal as a consultant in management and design of captive breeding facilities, and assisting with collection of birds and the training of in situ staff

 

2004 - 2007 2001 – 2004 1998 – 2001 1994 – 1996 International Director of the Raptor Research Foundation Inc, USA and Canada. (4 terms of office)

 

1999 - 2004 First Chair of the Zoo Forum - a three-year Government appointment. Re-appointed in 2002 for a further three years but resigned owing to emigration

 

1984 - 2004 Voluntary Government (DEFRA) Wildlife Inspector

 

2000 - 2004 Trustee of the Hawk and Owl Trust

 

2001 – 2003 1995 – 2001 Chair of the Hawk Board - liaison body between raptor keepers and HM government Vice Chair of The Hawk Board

 

1996 - 2003 Taxon Advisory Group (TAG) Chair for Falconiformes and Strigiformes, EAZA (European Association of Zoos and Aquaria)

 

2000 – 2003 Council Representative on the Federation of Zoos

 

1994 - 2003 Taxon Advisory Group (TAG) Chair for Falconiformes - Federation of Zoos

 

Sep 2002 Co Chair of the Vulture workshop at the joint conference of AUO, RRF, Wilson Society, Cooper Society in New Orleans

 

Sep 2001 Chair of the Vulture workshop at the 4th International Raptor Research Foundation Conference in Seville Co-Chair of the Captive Breeding and Veterinary Aspects workshop

 

1998 International Convener on a Trade in Endangered Species workshop at the World Conference on Birds of Prey held in South Africa

 

 

 

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

INFORMAL

 

1968 - present Raptor flying demonstrations ex situ (audience of up to 50 000 per year)

 

1967 - 2004 Guided tours and lectures for adult and school parties at NBPC (increasing audience of up to approx. 40 000 per year)

 

FORMAL

 

1968 - present Lecturer on raptor conservation, captive breeding, historical aspects of falconry etc., at schools, universities, societies etc

 

1968 - present Lecturer in Falconry and bird handling skills including physical demonstrations

 

1990 - 2004 Lecturer and Course Director on Police Wildlife Liaison Officers Handling and Experience Courses run at NBPC

 

1997 - 2002 Co. Course Director and Lecturer on Diploma in Raptor Biology at NBPC validated by University of Wales, Swansea

 

1988 - 1996 Lecturer on aspects of captive breeding and management of raptors -

 

Diploma in Raptor Biology, University of Kent

 

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CONSULTANCIES

 

Advising the Police, DEFRA, RSPB, RSPCA CPS and Wildlife Liaison Officers in cases pertaining to the Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981)

 

Import Export (Endangered Species) Act (1975)

 

Cruelty to Animals Act (1911) Appearances in Court and or providing expert witness statements for Police in cases involving the Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981)

 

Import Export (Endangered Species) Act (1975)

 

Cruelty to Animals Act (1911)

 

Assisting the CITES team at Heathrow to develop a computer software identification program (The Green Parrot Project) to be used to identify endangered raptors being imported, legally or otherwise.

 

Signatory of IUCN Conservation and Action Management Plan for Falconiformes.

 

Worked on Taxon Data Sheets, and produced a world-wide survey on all captive birds of prey.

 

Articles on Captive Breeding, as part of a working document.

 

 

 

 

 

CONFERENCE/ SCIENTIFIC PAPERS

 

2008 The race to prevent the extinction of South Asian vultures. Pain, Bowden, Cunningham, Cuthbert, Das, Gilbert, Jakati, Jhala, Khan, Naidoo, Oaks, Parry-Jones, Prakash, Rahmani, Ranade, Sagar Baral, Ram Senscha, Saravanan, Shah, Swan, Swarup, Taggart, Watson, Virani, Wolter, and R Green.

 

Bird Conservation International (2008) 18:S30–S48. _ BirdLife International 2008 doi: 10.1017/S0959270908000324 Printed in the United Kingdom

 

2006 NSAIDS and Scavenging Birds: potential impacts beyond Asia’s Critically Endangered Vultures. Cuthbert, Parry-Jones, Green, Pain. Biology Letters

 

2006 Toxicity of diclofenac to Gyps Vultures. Gerry E. Swan, Richard Cuthbert, Miguel Quevedo, Rhys E. Green, Deborah J. Pain, Paul Bartels, Andrew A. Cunningham, Neil Duncan, Andrew A. Meharg, J. Lindsay Oaks, Jemima Parry-Jones, Susanne Shultz, Mark A. Taggart, Gerhard Verdoorn, Kerri Wolter (2006) Biology Letters, 2: 279-282. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0425.

 

2003 Causes and Effects of Temporospatial Declines of Gyps Vultures in Asia. D. J. Pain, A.A. Cunningham, P. F. Donald, .J.W. Duckworth, D. C. Houston, T. Katzner, J. Parry-Jones, C. Poole, V. Prakash, P. Round, R. Timmins Conservation Biology Volume 17, No. 3, June 2003

 

2001 The Parsi’s and the vulture crisis. RRF’s Fourth International Conference on Raptors. Seville, Spain

 

1996 Sustained Captive Breeding. RRF’s International Conference on Raptors. University of Urbino, Italy

 

1996 Overview of Raptor Rehabilitation in UK. RRF’s International Conference on Raptors. University of Urbino, Italy

 

1993 Human conflicts with raptors. First European Conference of the Raptor Research Foundation. University of Kent

 

1991 Breeding African Pygmy Falcons in Captivity. The Small Falcon Conference. Hawk and Owl Trust University of Kent.

 

1990 Breeding Birds of Prey in View of the Public. Raptor Research Foundation Conference. Allan Town Pennsylvania USA

 

1989 The Ethics of Raptor Rehabilitation Rehabilitation Conference. The Hawk and Owl Trust. London Zoo 1988 Basic Incubation and Rearing. The Goshawk Workshop The Hawk Board Birmingham University

 

1985 Managed Production of Captive Birds of Prey. Captive Breeding Conference Bristol University

 

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VHS/DVD PRESENTATIONS

 

1990 Captive Breeding Written and presented Parry-Jones, J Directed by Barry Eyre WCP Videos, Leics.

 

1990 Owls Written and presented Parry-Jones, J Directed by Barry Eyre WCP Videos, Leics.

 

1989 Understanding Falconry. Written and presented Parry-Jones, J. Directed by William Clarke WCP Videos, Leics.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

2008 BSAVA Manual of Raptors, Pigeons and Passerine Birds Contributor Jemima Parry-Jones MBE. Editors John Chitty, Michael Leirz, British Small Animal Veterinary Association UK

 

2007 Raptor Research & Management Techniques. Editors David M Bird, Keith L. Bildstein. Contributor Jemima Parry-Jones MBE. Hancock House Publishers USA.

 

2004 Management and Welfare Guidelines for Strigiformes Parry-Jones, J Federation of Zoos London

 

2004 Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia Contributor Jemima Parry-Jones MBE Gale Group

 

2001 Animal. Burnie, David Contributor Jemima Parry-Jones MBE Dorling Kindersley

 

1999 Birds of Prey Kerrod, Robin Consultant Jemima Parry-Jones MBE Lonrenze Books USA.

 

1999 The Really Useful Owl Guide Parry-Jones, J TFH Kingdom Books.

 

1999 Management and Welfare Guidelines for Falconiformes Parry-Jones, J Federation of Zoos London

 

1998 Understanding Owls Parry-Jones, J David and Charles Newton Abbot

 

1997 Eye Witness Eagle Parry-Jones, J Dorling Kindersley London

 

1996 Management Guidelines for Flying Demonstration Birds Parry-Jones, J Federation of Zoos London

 

1994 Training Birds of Prey Parry-Jones, J David and Charles Newton Abbot

 

1993 Breeding African Pygmy Falcons in Captivity Parry-Jones, J. in Nicholls M K and Clarke R (Eds.)

 

The Biology and Conservation of Small Falcons. Zoological Society of London. 1990 Amazing Birds of Prey Parry-Jones, J Dorling Kindersley London

 

1989 Birds of Prey Parry-Jones, J National Birds of Prey Centre, Newent

 

1987 Falconry, Care Captive Breeding and Conservation Parry-Jones, J David and Charles Newton Abbot

 

1988 Basic Incubation and Rearing Parry-Jones, J

 

1988 The Goshawk Workshop. Parry-Jones, J (Ed) Proceedings of The Hawk Board Conference, Birmingham University

 

1985 Managed Production of Captive Birds of Prey Parry-Jones, J Hill, D (Ed) Proceedings of Captive Breeding Conference, Bristol University

 

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FURTHER INFORMATION

 

The National Birds of Prey Centre was a signatory of the IUCN Conservation Action Management Plan (CAMP) for birds of prey and a member of IUCN. The CAMP worked on a workshop manual to which JPJ contributed.

 

JPJ was awarded an MBE to in the Queens Birthday Honours List in June 1999 for services to Bird Conservation

 

JPJ left the UK in November 2004 with 189 birds of prey belonging to her, to merge with another group of raptor specialists in South Carolina. She went believing that she was to jointly head up a new bright and forward-moving centre that would lead the world in all aspects of raptor management and conservation and give her more to work on in terms of her career. Unfortunately over the intervening period of her arrival with the birds, the Executive Director and the Board reneged on the agreement of a merger, not allowing her to share the leadership but instead giving her a subordinate role, leaving her no choice but to return to the UK.

Consequently in June 2007 JPJ with 169 of her birds returned to the UK.

At the end of 2008 she managed with enormous help from Lloyds Bank and the Chenevix-Trench family to buy back her old Centre and is at the time of writing endeavouring to get it back to its proper status as the best known, and most important birds of prey centre world wide, to be called the International Centre for Birds of Prey