Nic graduated from the University of Cambridge, UK and attained his Wild Animal Health MSc from the Institute of Zoology in 2005. He has worked exclusively with wild animals ever since – as a clinician with International Zoo Veterinary Group, freelance, and at the Zoological Society of London. He recently moved to Canada as Director of Wildlife Health at Toronto Zoo and is an advisor to the charity Wildlife Vets International, hoping to have conservation impact through all his work.