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Dr Sean Wensley

BVSc MSc FRCVS
Sean Wensley
  • 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

  • Chair of the Federation of Veterinarians of Europe (FVE) Animal Welfare Working Group
  • Honorary Lecturer in Animal Welfare, University of Nottingham
  • Guest lecturer in Animal Welfare, Queen's University Belfast

Awards

  • Received the inaugural World Veterinary Association (WVA) Global Animal Welfare Award for Europe, in 2017.

Biography

Sean Wensley is Senior Veterinary Surgeon for Communication and Education 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 a Guest Lecturer in Animal Welfare at Queen’s University Belfast (UK).

He chairs the Federation of Veterinarians of Europe (FVE) Animal Welfare Working Group and was President of the British Veterinary Association (BVA) from 2015 - 2016.

In 2017 Sean received the inaugural World Veterinary Association (WVA) Global Animal Welfare Award for Europe.

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