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Person-Post: Dr Andrew Knight, PhD, MRCVS – Fellow

3rd June 2009

is an Australian-British veterinarian and bioethicist. He has over 50 scientific and 30 popular publications on animal issues, including animal cognitive abilities and resultant moral implications, animal experimentation and alternatives, animal use in biomedical education, the animal welfare standards of veterinarians, the contributions of animal agriculture to climate change, and vegan companion animal diets. He has presented on animal issues at over 30 universities, and scientific and popular conferences internationally. His studies on animal experimentation and educational animal use have attracted a series of conference awards, a PhD listed for academic excellence from Queensland’s Griffith University in 2010, and have also formed the basis of his book, The Costs and Benefits of Animal Experiments, published in 2011 in the Palgrave Macmillan Series on Animal Ethics. Andrew’s key publications are available here. Whilst a Western Australian veterinary student in 2000, Andrew successfully campaigned for the state’s first humane veterinary surgical training programme. For his nationwide promotion of humane teaching methods he jointly received the inaugural World League for the Protection of Animals ‘Award for the Promotion of Compassion for Animals’ in 2000, together with Sydney veterinary student Lucy Fish. Andrew completed his veterinary course in 2001, and gained a post-graduate Certificate in Animal Welfare Science, as well as his Californian veterinary licence, in 2005. He is a Spokesperson for Animals Count – a British political party for people and animals, and the Director of Animal Consultants International – which provides multi-disciplinary expertise on animal issues. He practices veterinary medicine in London.