Alistair Lawrence

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Alistair Lawrence
Awards RSPCA/BSAS award (1995). [1]
Scientific career
Fields Ethology

Alistair B. Lawrence (born 1954) is an ethologist. [2] He currently holds a joint chair in animal behaviour and welfare at Scotland's Rural College and the University of Edinburgh. [3]

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Education

Lawrence graduated from the University of St Andrews with a degree in zoology. [3] He then studied for his PhD at the University of Edinburgh under the direction of David Wood-Gush. [3] His 1985 thesis is entitled “The social organization of Scottish blackface sheep". [4]

Career

In 1995 he received the RSPCA/BSAS award for innovative developments in animal welfare for his 'outstanding contribution to animal welfare research'. [1]

He has published extensively throughout his career.Alistair Lawrence publications indexed by Google Scholar [5]

Lawrence is a past secretary of the International Society for Applied Ethology and is a supporter of Compassion in World Farming. [2] [6] He has served on the UK Farm Animal Welfare Committee and has been appointed to the council of the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare. [6]

With Aubrey Manning he oversees the David Wood-Gush Trust Fund that set up and supports the annual Wood-Gush lecture. [2]

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References

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  3. 1 2 3 "Alistair Lawrence". World Organisation for Animal Health. 2004. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  4. Lawrence, Alistair Burnett (1985). "The social organization of Scottish Blackface sheep".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. Alistair Lawrence publications indexed by Microsoft Academic
  6. 1 2 "Professor Alistair Lawrence". Compassion in World Farming. 2016. Archived from the original on 11 May 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2016.