Scottish Animal Welfare Commission: annual report 2021 to 2022

Annual report of the Scottish Animal Welfare Commission (SAWC) showing activity for the year 2021 to 2022.


Appendix II – Register of Interests

Name

Employer

Previous employers (last 5 years)

Research funder(s)

Consultancy (all unremunerated unless stated)

Other (all unremunerated unless stated)

Cathy Dwyer (chair)

Scotland's Rural College (SRUC) 0.6 FTE, seconded to Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies (0.4 FTE)

n/a

Scottish Government;

EUDG-SANCO

Open Philanthropy Project; Hong Kong Jockey Club; Defra

Waitrose Good Life Partnership;

Global Animal Partnership (honorarium)

Scientific Advisory Board member: VetMedUni, Vienna;

Grants and Awards Committee: Animal Welfare Foundation (BVA);

Grants Committee: The Horse Trust;

Scientific advisor, Dogs Trust;

Member, British Horse Society;

Member, International Society for Applied Ethology, British Society for Animal Science, Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, UFAW;

Director, British Horseback Archery Association

Mike Radford

University of Aberdeen

n/a

n/a

Involved in discussions and the provision of advice to a range of politicians, officials, public bodies, NGOs, and professional bodies on an ad hoc basis as required.

Member of governing council, Dogs Trust;

Deputy Chair, Universities Federation for Animal Welfare;

Deputy Chair, Humane Slaughter Association;

Trustee, Association of Lawyers for Animal Welfare/UK Centre for Animal Law;

Chair, ALAW Scottish Steering Committee;

Member, Scottish SPCA;

Member, Animal Welfare Science, Ethics, and Law Veterinary Association;

Member, National Trust for Scotland;

Registered supporter of RSPCA, CIWF, The Brooke

All the official positions above are unremunerated.

Mike Flynn

Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Scottish SPCA)

n/a

n/a

Involved in discussions with all other major UK organisations with regard to policy and legislation

Edinburgh Zoo welfare and ethics committee member.

Charles Rivers Animal Welfare and Ethics committee, external member

Links group member.

Licensed Firearms holder (for emergency humane destruction only).

BVA honorary associate

RCVS honorary associate.

Marie Haskell

Scotland's Rural College (SRUC)

n/a

Scottish Government,

InnovateUK (UKRI),

Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board

Dog's Trust

Zoetis

None

International Committee for Animal Recording;

Registered Supporter of Scottish Wildlife Trust, Cat Protection League, International Society for Applied Ethology;

Member, EFSA working group on Dairy Cow Welfare

Andrew Kitchener

National Museums Scotland

n/a

BBSRC

The Wellcome Trust

AHRC

National Science Foundation

SeaWorld and Busch Gardens Conservation Fund

None.

Board member and member Animal Welfare Group and Conservation Advisory Group, Royal Zoological Society of Scotland;

Chair of People's Trust for Endangered Species; Council member and member of the Animal Welfare Committee of the Zoological Society of London;

Member of the IUCN Cat Specialist Group and leader of the Cat Classification Task Force;

Member of the IUCN Equid Specialist Group;

Chair of the Scottish Wildcat Conservation Action Plan Steering Group;

Member of the Scottish Marine Animal Strandings Scheme Steering Group

Libby Anderson

Retired

n/a

n/a

Up to June 2020 held a consultancy position as Policy Advisor to OneKind animal welfare charity. Expect to continue to be involved in discussions and the provision of advice to a range of politicians, officials, and NGOs on an ad hoc basis as required.

Secretary, Wild Animal Welfare Committee;

Member, UK Centre for Animal Law Scottish Steering Committee;

Member, Edinburgh Children's Panel.

All voluntary positions.

James Yeates

World Federation for Animals

Cats Protection;

RSPCA

n/a

None

Member of AWC (Defra)

Member of BVA and RCVS

Pete Goddard

Retired

n/a

n/a

Trustee and Chairman: Wild Animal Welfare Committee;

Member: BVA; AWSELVA; Veterinary Deer Society

Paula Boyden

Dogs Trust

n/a

n/a

Defra Rabies Core Group;

RSPCA Prosecutions Oversight Panel;

Wales Animal Health and Welfare Framework Group (remunerated)

Chair, the Links Group;

Chair, Pet Advertising Advisory Group;

Vice Chair, Canine and Feline Sector Group; Treasurer, Blue Dog Trust; Member, BVA, BSAVA, AWSELVA, SPVS, RCVS

Harvey Carruthers

Tay Valley Veterinary Centre

n/a

n/a

None

Member of BSAVA; Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons

Trustee, Dog Aid Society of Scotland

Simon Girling

Royal Zoological Society of Scotland

n/a

AAZV Wild Animal

Health Fund

RSPB

EU Life Fund

Veterinary Advisor to the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquaria (Hoofstock and Bird working group);

Veterinary Advisor to the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) European Endangered Species Programmes for the Pallas' cat (Otocolobus manul) and Red fronted macaw (Ara rubrogenys);

EAZA Veterinary Advisor for the Scottish wildcat;

G&F Training and Consultancy Ltd (veterinary professional post-graduate training course provider-remunerated)

Chair, DEFRA's Zoo Experts Committee;

Immediate Past-President and Executive Committee member of the European College of Zoological Medicine;

Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, Glasgow University Veterinary School;

Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and of the Royal Society of Biology;

Diplomate and full member of the European College of Zoological Medicine and European Board of Veterinary Specialists. Member of the: British Veterinary Zoological Society; European Association of Zoo and Wildlife Veterinarians; American Association of Zoo Veterinarians; Association of Avian Veterinarians; Association of Reptile and Amphibian Veterinarians

University of the Highlands and Islands (Visiting Professor)

Ellie Wigham

University of Glasgow

n/a

n/a

Involved in discussions and provide advice to HSA, 3DVSL, various meat processors

Resident ECAWBM (AWSEL);

Committee Member of AWSELVA, University of Glasgow Vet School Ethics Committee;

Members RCVS

Contact

Email: SAWC.Secretariat@gov.scot

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