Oriol Talló Parra obtained his BVSc at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), where he also obtained his MSc in Research in Animal and Food Science (Animal science specialty) and his PhD on animal welfare, specifically on endocrinological indicators of stress. He works as a researcher at ZAWEC (Zoo Animal Welfare Education Centre) from the School of Veterinary Sciences in the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB).