Education
He was educated at Street Thomas More, Crewe. Steve Leonard studied veterinary science at Bristol University Veterinary School.
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Vets in the Wild: The Real Stories Behind the BBC Television Series
(Published to tie in with the BBC1 series, the book featur...)
Published to tie in with the BBC1 series, the book features Trude and Steve as they join vets working with large game in Africa. The text draws on their diaries alongside separate sections on each of the animals they encounter, including rhinos, elephants and lions, and the diseases inherent in this environment. With colour photographs.
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Steve Leonard
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Career
Leonard"s family moved to Cheshire from Northern Ireland when he was six weeks old. In the final year of his degree, the British Broadcasting Corporation approached the college to film a group of final-year students. Originally seeing the idea of appearing on television as "a bit of a laugh," he agreed to participate in the filming.
The series,, was a huge success, and was swiftly followed by Veterans in Practice.
He went on to present with Trude Mostue. He quit full-time veterinary employment and found himself travelling all over the world with the British Broadcasting Corporation Natural History Unit, filming for Ultimate Killers.
He travelled to places as far away as Indonesia and India. Filming Ultimate Killers involved stunts, such as tandem skydiving out of a balloon at 10,000 feet over Spain, and climbing into an eagle"s eyrie in Panama.
Steve Leonard also presented Extreme Animals, and, an intimate look at the animal kingdom through cutting-edge miniature camera filming techniques.
More recently, he explored the origins and evolution of life on Earth in Journey of Life and followed animal migrations on Incredible Animal Journeys. During the programme Veterans in Practice, shown in July 2008, Steve explained that he had decided to return to being a vet full-time, and to fit his filming commitments around his veterinary career. He has recently returned from Borneo where he filmed a second series of Orangutan Diary with co-presenter Michaela Strachan.
In March 2009, Steve helped launch the Open Air Laboratories Network (OPAL) soil and earthworm survey at the Natural History Museum, a scheme that aims to get the public more involved in science and nature.
Leonard presented the Independent Television series Animal Kingdom. Filmed in Erindi Game Reserve, Namibia, the series was aired in 2011 and spanned six episodes.
Works
book
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Vets in the Wild: The Real Stories Behind the BBC Television Series
(Published to tie in with the BBC1 series, the book featur...)
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Vets in the Wild: The Real Stories Behind the BBC Television Series
