1977: Bacchus Marsh Lion and Tiger Safari Park
1980: Fairfield Vet Hospital, Sydney
1981: Cluer,Tinson and Associates, Mixed practice Tweed Heads N.S.W
1988: Race Director and Race Veterinarian, Bi Centenial Great Australian Camel Race 3,250 km Ayres Rock to Gold Coast.
1988- Present: Presidential Camels and Camel Racing Affairs
2024: Dr Alex Tinson
Director of Laboratories and Research
Head Veterinarian Hilli Embryo Transfer and Surgery Centre
Management of Scientific Centres and Presidential Camels
Department of Presidents' Affairs
P.O. Box 17292 Al-Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Main Fields of Work
1988: As Race Director/ Head Veterinarian successfully guiding 69 camels and 200 plus competitors and support crew across the centre of Australia without loss of life to camel or rider while having a movie made to record the event.
1989: Part of a three man team responsible for the conception and construction of a high tech Camel Hospital for the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al Nayhan.
1990: Teamed with Dr Angus McKinnon the culmination of research into Embryo Transfer started together in the Australian Desert in 1989 led to the Worlds first pregnancies and births in Racing camels from Embryo Transfer.
1990: Successful capture and selection of 34 wild Australian Camels and their air transportation to the United Arab Emirates on behalf of the Crown Prince.
1995: The successful birth of the Worlds first “ Frozen Camel Baby” in Feb 1995.
1996: With Dr McKinnon launched first experiments into oocyte collection and I.V.F. fertilisation in the camel..
1996/97: First embryo babies win major camel races culminating in Masah winning in final races in Abu Dhabi March 97
1999: Birth of world’s first camel calves from pre:sexed embryos, 10 calves born April /May 99 in joint project with Camelot Bioscience.
1999:Establishment of “The HEF Foundation”, a conservation project based around the provision of high tech breeding assistance to endangered animal populations particularly camel and oryx as well as education projects to school children and veterinary students.
2001: Birth of the world’s first twin split embryo transfer camel calves born on the 26th and 27th of March 2001, 23 hrs apart from two separate surrogate mothers.
2003: Movie appearances in 5 episodes of “Animal Planet” productions of Vets in the Sun on satellite TV
2005: Submitted completed Masters Degree thesis at Melbourne University, “Large Scale Embryo Transfer in the Racing Camel”
2007: Awarded “Distinguished Camelid Scientist Award” at International Camel Conference Feb 2007, Rajasthan Agricultural University,Bikaner India.
2008: Trailer movie “Desert Vet” produced to promote 5 part documentary series featuring veterinarians Alex Tinson and his daughter Erica Tinson, Phillip Nelson: Desert Vet Productions.
2009: Promoted to Director of Laboratories and Research of the Management of Scientific Centres and Presidential Camels, Department of Presidential Affairs.
2012: Worked closely with BBC Earth Films on film production of “Shifting Sands” part of 3CD film series “Wild Arabia” featuring racing camels and falcons with family relative Eid Al Mazrouei.
2013: World’s First reported birth of calf from frozen semen using artificial insemination, (A.I.) in camels, female calf born 3/3/2013.
2016: Release of Biography “The Desert Vet” Allen and Unwin Australia
2018: Release of Textbook “The Camel” The Animal of the 21st Century.
2019: “Jurrassic Camels” creation of multiple pregnancies from “Mabrokan” a beauty male camel (purchased for $5 million US in 2006) who died in 2010 and with our Korean Team headed by world leader Prof Hwang resulted in 11 normal births in 2020 of identical cloned siblings from frozen stored skin DNA samples
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