Richard Barber...
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...grew up with cats, dogs (Basset Hound, German Shepherd & Pit-Bull) and budgerigars (parakeets). Richard feels a strong affinity with animals and can often be heard telling people "you know what? 92.5 million years ago cats and humans shared a common ancestor".
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Born and raised in Australia, Richard has worked in the service industry, mostly within hospitality and education. With a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy/English,a Master's degree in Professional Education & Training (TESOL), Richard taught ESL across Australia, Japan, The United Arab Emirates and Hawaii before finding his true passion in cat-care.
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Bits of trivia: Richard's work on placement-test construction was published as the Featured Article in the internationally peer-reviewed journal The Language Teacher, he released two rock albums (that went nowhere) and favourite activity is lying on his bed listening to BBC Radio 4's Gardeners' Question Time while curled up with his kitty cats.