An experienced veterinary clinician and surgeon, Dr. Judith Samson-French owns and operates Banded Peak Veterinary Hospital in the heart of the Rocky Mountain Foothills. Dr. Samson-French is a graduate of McGill University (BSc), Ontario Veterinary College (DVM), and University of Alberta (MSc). She has worked at both the Calgary Zoo and the Honolulu Zoo, she has invested several years of her career to pursuing medicine and surgery for ratites in North America and Europe, and has experience as an emergency veterinarian. In addition, Dr. Samson-French has pursued education in aquatic veterinary medicine, studying at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (Massachusetts, USA) and Bamfield Marine Station in Western Canada, has performed fieldwork on green iguanas in Costa Rica, and has included in her practice small ruminants, equine patients, and rehabilitation of sick and injured wildlife. Dr. Samson-French is currently leading a first-time trial project using contraceptive implants in unwanted dogs on First Nations reserve land to prevent the births of 100,000's dogs with no names. She is the author of the internationally acclaimed books "Dogs With No Names - In Pursuit of Courage, Hope and Purpose" and "39 Ways To Not Kill Your Best Friend - Tales of Caution For Dog Lovers".  Dr. Samson-French has 3 dogs, 6 donkeys, and no cats.