Speaker bio page for Tariq Abou-Zahr

Bio

Tariq Abou-Zahr is an exotic animal veterinary surgeon. He graduated from the University of Bristol in 2014 and worked for approximately a year in small animal general practice in Newport, South Wales. He then joined the team at Great Western Exotic Vets in Swindon, to complete a four-year combined internship/residency programme in Zoological Medicine. He gained his RCVS certificate in zoological medicine in 2018.

He treats primarily avian and exotic species. A lifelong herpetoculturist and aviculturist, he is an advocate for responsible exotic pet keeping and is in favour of education and regulation, rather than prohibition to improve welfare standards.