Jon Bowen is a veterinary surgeon and behaviourist. He runs the behavioural medicine referral service at the Royal Veterinary College, where he also teaches. Jon carries out research into the biological basis of behaviour problems at the Imperial College London. He has contributed to several books, including the current and forthcoming BSAVA manuals, and the "behaviour problems in small animals". Jon is a regular speaker at national and international conferences and is a co-director, with Sarah Heath, of Sound Therapy 4 Pets Ltd, a company that produces behavioural therapy products for the prevention of problems such as firework phobia. Jon is involved in the RSPCA's firework campaign for 2008/09. For more information go to www.rspca.org/fireworks