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Dr Sean Wensley
BVSc MSc
FRCVS

- Location: Belfast
- Year of Fellowship: 2018
- Route to Fellowship: Meritorious Contributions to the Profession
Field of work
Charities and trusts
Areas of special interest
- Animal welfare science
- Animal ethics
- Sustainable development
Areas of support
- One Health Agenda
- Promoting knowledge and best practice
- Public engagement
Professional positions
- Senior Veterinary Surgeon for Animal Welfare and Professional Engagement, PDSA
- Honorary Lecturer in Animal Welfare, University of Nottingham
- Honorary lecturer in Animal Welfare, Queen's University Belfast
Awards
- World Veterinary Association (WVA) Global Animal Welfare Award for Europe
- BSAVA JA Wight Memorial Award
- PDSA Edward Bridges Webb Memorial Award
- Professor Barrie Edwards Memorial Lecture
- Liverpool University Alumni Award
Biography
Sean Wensley is Senior Veterinary Surgeon for Animal Welfare and Professional Engagement at the UK veterinary charity, PDSA (the People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals).
He qualified from Liverpool University (UK) and holds a Master's Degree from Edinburgh University (UK) in Applied Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare.
Sean has contributed to animal welfare and conservation projects on five continents. He is an Honorary Lecturer in Animal Welfare at the University of Nottingham (UK) and at Queen’s University Belfast (UK). He was a founder Director of Vet Sustain.
Sean chaired the Federation of Veterinarians of Europe (FVE) Animal Welfare Working Group and was President of the British Veterinary Association (BVA) from 2015 - 2016.
His book 'Through A Vet's Eyes' was one of the Financial Times' Best Summer Books.
He qualified from Liverpool University (UK) and holds a Master's Degree from Edinburgh University (UK) in Applied Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare.
Sean has contributed to animal welfare and conservation projects on five continents. He is an Honorary Lecturer in Animal Welfare at the University of Nottingham (UK) and at Queen’s University Belfast (UK). He was a founder Director of Vet Sustain.
Sean chaired the Federation of Veterinarians of Europe (FVE) Animal Welfare Working Group and was President of the British Veterinary Association (BVA) from 2015 - 2016.
His book 'Through A Vet's Eyes' was one of the Financial Times' Best Summer Books.