S2 E10 Toby Thorne - Toronto Zoo Native Bat Conservation Program

How Do I Do This: An Environmental Career Podcast

Toby caught his first bat at the age of eleven and hasn’t looked back. After teenage years chasing the bats of southern England, he studied biology at the University of Oxford and moved to Canada in 2013 for a Research Master’s investigating bat migration, supervised by Dr. Brock Fenton. Since then he has worked on bat conservation programs in Ontario and authored a field guide to the bats of the province. Since 2016 he has worked on the Native Bat Conservation Program at the Toronto Zoo, as the Program Coordinator.
Websites and Links mentioned:
Toronto Zoo Native Bat Conservation Program: https://www.torontozoo.com/bats
Toronto Zoo Jobs: https://www.torontozoo.com/jobs
Thank you so much to Toby for sharing his time and knowledge with us!
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I recorded this episode on the Williams Treaty, signed in 1923 by 7 Anishnaabe First Nations. The closest community to me is the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation. This region is the traditional territory of the Anishnaabe and Haudenosaunee peoples, which they shared peacefully under the Dish with One Spoon Wampum agreement. Today, it is still home to many First Nations, Metis, and Inuit peoples.
Music by Scott Holmes
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