Dawn was delighted to join the team at Animal Health Centre in 2022 as a Receptionist. Growing up in Bristol near Gloucester Road, she feels at home in the local creative scene. She recently completed 3 years studying Illustration at Falmouth University by the sea in Cornwall.
Dawn has a passion for animal care, previously travelling as far as Malaysia and Borneo for animal conservation work. Dawn is always looking for new ways to use her skills to lend a helping hand.
Prior to joining the team she worked for the NHS as lead administrator on Bristol’s Covid Virtual Ward during the Covid-19 pandemic. She has a strong interest in veterinary nursing and loves to say hello to all the animals coming in to the practice.
In her spare time Dawn loves to be active and she can usually be found lifting weights at the gym, running, and swimming. As well as this she enjoys working on her illustration practice, playing dungeons and dragons, and enjoying life at home with her pet cat and snake.
Before starting her job at The Animal Health Centre in 2022, Holly worked as a dog sitter and walker with an animal behaviourist and training company in the Bristol area. She has spent most of her life in Bristol and volunteered at Noah’s Ark Zoo farm where she enjoyed giving hands on reptile talks with her glamorous bearded dragon assistant.
As a recent graduated in Illustration from Plymouth University Holly specialises in animal related comics and is inspired by her love of dogs. Her favourite part of working at The Animal Health Centre is getting to welcome clients and see their new additions to their families.
Outside of work Holly focuses on her art, doing pet portrait commissions and also enjoys travelling the world. Her favourite adventure to date was travelling across Norway in two weeks. Here she had the opportunity to climb a mountain where she was greeted by many goats, the main motivation of the hike. When she’s not travelling across the world she spends her evenings at local Bristol music gigs and exploring the stretch of pubs across Gloucester road.
Lulu is Nicky’s constant companion and running buddy and the two of them can be spotted around Bristol running at the speed of Dachshund, which is pretty speedy for one with such short legs.
Her other hobbies include wild swimming, life guarding duties, paddle boarding and sitting on any feet she can find!
(Please note we are now only open every other Saturday, see our social media for up to date Saturday hours.)
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