Dr. Richard Yarnell’s experience includes research on the impact of habitat management on mammal ecology, cooperative breeding in meerkats in South Africa, and hyena numbers in Northwest Province, all in South Africa, as well as a project investigating badger and fox populations in relation to pest management for the U.K. government. He has also served as chief executive of the Badger Trust in the U.K. He is particularly interested in the conservation of carnivores and in human–wildlife conflict.