Dr. Karen Payne, BVSc, MPhil

Veterinarian, Perth Zoo

Dr. Karen Payne is a zoo and wildlife veterinarian based in Western Australia affiliated with Perth Zoo and the Silvery Gibbon Project. She has over 20 years’ experience working with gibbons within Australia and abroad, and completed her Masters thesis investigating the Hepatitis B Virus in Javan Gibbons.  Alongside Susan Cheyne, she co-authored the "Proposed Guidelines for Gibbon Rehabilitation and Reintroduction" (2012), providing critical standards for in-situ rescue, quarantine, health screening, and release that encourage best practices.