Alistair B. Lawrence (born 1954) is an
ethologist.
He currently holds a joint chair in animal behaviour and welfare at
Scotland's Rural College and the
University of Edinburgh.
Education
Lawrence graduated from the
University of St Andrews with a degree in zoology.
He then studied for his PhD at the University of Edinburgh under the direction of
David Wood-Gush.
His 1985 thesis is entitled “The social organization of Scottish blackface sheep".
Career
In 1995 he received the
RSPCA/
BSAS award for innovative developments in animal welfare for his 'outstanding contribution to animal welfare research'.
He has published extensively throughout his career.
Lawrence is a past secretary of the
International Society for Applied Ethology
The International Society for Applied Ethology is the leading non-profit professional organization for academics and scientists interested in the behaviour and welfare of confined or domesticated animals, including companion, farm, laboratory and ...
and is a supporter of
Compassion in World Farming
Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) is a campaigning and lobbying animal welfare organisation. It campaigns against the live export of animals, certain methods of livestock slaughter, and all systems of factory farming. It has received celebr ...
.
He has served on the UK
Farm Animal Welfare Committee
The Farm Animal Welfare Committee (FAWC) is an independent advisory body established by the Government of the United Kingdom in 2011. It replaced the Farm Animal Welfare Council which was an independent advisory body established in 1979. The Cou ...
and has been appointed to the council of the
Universities Federation for Animal Welfare.
With
Aubrey Manning he oversees the David Wood-Gush Trust Fund that set up and supports the annual Wood-Gush lecture.
References
External links
Scotland's Rural College homepageUniversity of Edinburgh homepage
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1954 births
20th-century Scottish scientists
21st-century scientists
Academics of the University of Edinburgh
Alumni of the University of St Andrews
Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
Ethologists
Living people
People educated at Strathallan School
People from Perthshire
Scottish animal welfare scholars
20th-century British zoologists