Alistair B. Lawrence (born 1954) is anethologist.^[2] He currently holds a joint chair in animal behaviour and welfare atScotland's Rural College and theUniversity of Edinburgh.^[3]

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

In 1995 he received theRSPCA/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 byGoogle Scholar^[5]

Lawrence is a past secretary of theInternational Society for Applied Ethology and is a supporter ofCompassion in World Farming.^[2][6] He has served on the UKFarm Animal Welfare Committee and has been appointed to the council of theUniversities Federation for Animal Welfare.^[6]

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

• Scotland's Rural College homepage
• University of Edinburgh homepage
• Alistair Lawrence atIMDb

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