Donald Maurice Broom

After 19 years as Lecturer, then Reader, in Reading University, Donald Broom was appointed the world's first Professor of Animal Welfare in 1986. In his Centre for Animal Welfare and Anthrozoology, he has developed concepts and methods of scientific assessment of animal welfare and studied: cognitive abilities of animals, the welfare of farmed and other animals in relation to housing and transport, behaviour problems of pets, sustainable livestock production, attitudes to animals and ethics of animal usage.

He has published 9 books and over 350 refereed papers, lectured on animal welfare in 45 countries and served on UK (FAWC, APC, Seals, BBC Rural Affairs) and Council of Europe committees. He has been Chairman or Vice Chairman of EU Scientific Committees on Animal Welfare 1990 – 2009 and a member of the EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare until June 2012. He chaired the O.I.E. group on Welfare of Animals during Land Transport.