Clifford Warwick

Clifford Warwick, PGDip MedSci, CBiol, CSci, EurProBiol, FOCAE, FRSB, qualified in biology in 1990 and in primary healthcare in 2004. He has been a field investigator of the wildlife trade and has produced around 150 publications in animal biology and human medicine.

All articles by Clifford Warwick

“Many animals across all classes are increasingly becoming victims of folklore husbandry”

4 Feb 2019

"Folklore husbandry” is an emerging term describing the phenomenon of unevidenced, pseudoscientific, convenience-led habit and opinion handed down from one ill-informed animal keeper to the next. Kev…

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September 2018

“Pet labelling is required and needs to be entirely independently and objectively formulated”

11 Sep 2018

The term “exotic” can mean several things. Setting aside “unusual” or “strange”, exotic might be interpreted as something that isn’t where it should be. For most, if not all, exotic pets (ie pet wildl…