David W. Macdonald is a British zoologist. He is Founder and Director of Oxford University's WildCRU, the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Chairman of the IUCN/SSC Canid Specialist Group, and A.D. White Professor-at-Large (1998-2004) at Cornell University. He is also Vice President of the Council of the Zoological Society of London, a Vice President of the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts, a Council member of English Nature, co-editor of the Canid News journal with Claudio Sillero-Zubiri, and a Commissioner for the British Independent Supervisory Authority for Hunting .

His research has focused upon the behavioural ecology and conservation of wild mammals, especially carnivores, and he has published over 200 scientific papers and several books. His speciality on wild canids grew out of research on foxes. In 2004 he was awarded the second Dawkins Prize for outstanding research into the ecology and behaviour of animals whose welfare and survival may be endangered by human activities, from Balliol College at the University of Oxford. [1] http://web.balliol.ox.ac.uk/news/dawkins.asp Macdonald was also awarded the T.H. Huxley Medal by the Zoological Society of London.

He has done much to popularize biology with the general public. He is known for his documentary films and his popular books, for which he has twice won The Natural World Author of the Year award. His Night of the Fox won the BAFTA for Best Documentary Film of 1976, Running with the Fox won the Natural History Book of the Year award for 1987, and Meerkats United won the Wildscreen 1988 award. His films include the popular BBC seven-part series The Velvet Claw, a natural history of carnivores.

Bibliography

• Biology and Conservation of Wild Canids David W. Macdonald (editor), Claudio Sillero-Zubiri (editor) (Oxford University Press, 2004) ISBN 0198515553
• The State of Britain's Mammals by David W. Macdonald, Fran Tattersall (People's Trust for Endangered Species, 2002) ISBN 0954004329
• Britain's Mammals: The Challenge for Conservation by David W. Macdonald, Fran Tattersall, P. Barrett (illustrator) (People's Trust for Endangered Species, 2001) ISBN 0954004310
• The Encyclopedia of Mammals (Facts on File Inc, 2001) ISBN 0816042675
• Mammals of Europe (Princeton Field Guides) (Princeton University Press, 2001)ISBN 0691091609
• The Mink and the Water Vole: Analyses for Conservation (Environment Agency, 1999) ISBN 0952937123
• The Ethiopian Wolf: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan Claudio Sillero-Zubiri (editor), David MacDonald (editor) (IUCN The World Conservation Union, 1997) ISBN 2831704073
• The Encyclopedia of Mammals (Andromeda Oxford Limited, 1995) ISBN 1871869625
• Mammals of Britain and Europe (Collins Field Guide) (Collins,1993) ISBN 0002197790
• The Velvet Claw: Natural History of the Carnivores (BBC Consumer Publishing, 1992) ISBN 0563208449
• Rabies and Wildlife (Oxford University Press, 1991) ISBN 0198575769
• Foxes,Wolves,Jackals and Dogs: An Action Plan for the Conservation of Canids J.R. Ginsberg (editor), David W. Macdonald (editor) (IUCN The World Conservation Union, Switzerland, 1990) ISBN 2880329965
• The Fate of Controlled Feral Cat Colonies Warner C. Passanisi, David W. Macdonald (Animal Welfare, 1990) ISBN 0900767677
• Running with the Fox (Unwin Hyman, 1989) ISBN 0044404190
• The Complete Book of the Dog (editor) (Pelham, 1985) ISBN 0720716063
• Social Odours in Mammals v. 1 Richard E. Brown (editor), David W. Macdonald (editor) (Oxford University Press, 1985) ISBN 0198575467
• Social Odours in Mammals v. 2 Richard E. Brown (editor), David W. Macdonald (editor) (Oxford University Press, 1985) ISBN 019857617X
• The Encyclopedia of Mammals v. 1 (Unwin Animal Library) (HarperCollins, 1984) ISBN 004500028X
• Encyclopaedia of Mammals (Allen & U, 1984) (editor) ISBN 0045000301
• Expedition to Borneo (Dent, 1982) ISBN 0460045172
• Rabies and Wildlife: A Biologist's Perspective (Oxford University Press, 1980) ISBN 019857567X
• Vulpina: The Story of a Fox (Collins, 1977) ISBN 0001952293

External links

• WildCRU http://www.wildcru.org/ Wildlife Conservation Research Unit of the University of Oxford Department of Zoology
• IUCN/SSC Canid Specialist Group http://www.canids.org/ of the World Conservation Union, Species Survival Commission
• Canid News http://carnivoreportal1.free.fr/canidnews.htm scientific journal
• ISAH http://www.isah.org.uk/ Independent Supervisory Authority for Hunting
• interview with David Macdonald http://www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/oxfordshire/archive/2000/01/13/FEATURES1VQ.ht
  ml about Meerkats United