Speaker bio page for Maggie Roberts

Bio

Maggie Roberts qualified as a veterinary surgeon at the University of Edinburgh in 1986 and spent most of her early career in private small animal practice, where she developed an interest in feline medicine. She has also worked in Malawi and Australia and was appointed the first Cats Protection Veterinary Officer in 1997. She returned to private practice as a partner, running a branch surgery but returned to Cats Protection in 2006 as Head of Veterinary Services. Her remit expanded and she became the Director of Feline Welfare having responsibility for the charity’s work on cat welfare, neutering, advocacy and education. Her professional interests are shelter medicine and feline population control; she is a founder member of the Association of Charity Vets and the co-editor of the BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Shelter Medicine. She was the recipient of the J A Wight (aka James Herriot) Memorial Award for outstanding contributions to the welfare of companion animals in 2013. She has a rescue cat called Ross.