Roy Bengis
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Roy Bengis | |
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| Born | October 12, 1946 |
| Alma mater | University of Pretoria; University of Mississippi |
| Children | 1 |
Roy Bengis is a South African veterinary wildlife specialist who served as the Chief State Veterinarian in the Kruger National Park for 34 years. A graduate of the University of Pretoria and the University of Mississippi, in May 2015 Bengis received the Gold Medal award from the World Organisation for Animal Health in international recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field of veterinary science.
After receiving his Doctorate in Physiology, Bengis lectured undergraduates at the University of Pennsylvania and at the University of Mississippi Medical Centre in Jackson, Mississippi. He served as a veterinary consultant to the Philadelphia Zoo and to the Jackson Zoo in Mississippi, USA before his appointment as State Veterinarian at Skukuza, Kruger National Park in South Africa in 1978.
He retired from his position as Chief State Veterinarian in 2011, and continues to be active in the fields of wildlife disease surveillance, monitoring and control, epidemiological research, wildlife immobilisation, wildlife translocation risk assessment, and wildlife forensics.
Education
Bengis graduated with a B.VSc. from the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Pretoria, and was awarded a M.Sc. and Ph.D. degree in Physiology from the University of Mississippi in 1978. He has published more than 100 articles in scientific publications.