Biography Prof. Andrew Knight -
I am originally from Australia, and ever since helping launch Australia's campaign against the live sheep trade to the Middle East in the early 1990s, I have tried to advocate on behalf of animals. For nearly a decade prior to 2012 I practiced veterinary medicine, mostly around London. In 2013 - 2014 I Directed the Clinical Skills Laboratory and taught animal ethics, welfare, veterinary practice management, and surgical and medical skills at one of the world’s largest veterinary schools in the Caribbean.
I am now Professor of Animal Welfare and Ethics, and Founding Director of the University's Centre for Animal Welfare; Adjunct Professor in the School of Environment and Science at Griffith University, Queensland; an EBVS European and RCVS Veterinary Specialist in Animal Welfare Science, Ethics and Law; an American and New Zealand Veterinary Specialist in Animal Welfare; and a Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.
My books include The Routledge Handbook of Animal Welfare (2023) and The Costs and Benefits of Animal Experiments (2011). I have around 150 academic and 80 popular publications, an extensive series of social media videos, on plant-based companion animal diets, climate change and the livestock sector, invasive animal research, educational animal use, humane clinical and surgical skills training, and other animal welfare issues. I have delivered more than 200 presentations at conferences and universities internationally, and have have organized or chaired seven conferences and seminars. I regularly work with animal welfare charities to advocate for animals, and am frequently interviewed by the media.
I have been honoured with 14 awards and 22 research grants, including the Society for Veterinary Medical Ethics Shomer Award, a University Values Award and the Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association Humane Achievement Award, all in 2019. I enjoy teaching, and was delighted to receive a University Student-Led Teaching Award in 2017.
My informational websites include:
www.HumaneLearning.info
www.AnimalExperiments.info
www.petfoodinnovation.info
www.livestockimpacts.info
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Animal welfare science, ethics and law
PUBLICATIONS
Selected publications from recent years:
Knight A, Phillips C and Sparks P (Eds) (2023). Routledge Handbook of Animal Welfare. Abingdon, UK: Routledge
Knight A (2022). Call for evidence-based positions on vegan diets. Vet Times 52(29), 19.
Knight and, A. and Zemanova, M.A. (2022). Animal use in veterinary education. In B. Kipperman and B.E. Rollin (eds). Ethics in Veterinary Practice, Hoboken, NJ, US: Wiley.
https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119791256....
Knight A (2022). The weight-of-Knight A (2022). The weight-of-evidence position on vegan diets. Vet Times 52(21), 23.
Knight A, Huang E, Rai N, Brown H (2022). Vegan versus meat-based dog food: Guardian-reported indicators of health. PLoS ONE 17(4): e0265662.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.....
Knight A, Mace J, O’Brien C and Carter A (2022). Development of a screencast-based flipped classroom to enrich learning and reduce faculty time requirements in an animal welfare master’s degree. J Vet Med Educ. e20210117. doi: 10.3138/jvme-2021-0117.
Knight A, Mace J, O’Brien C and Carter A (2021). Development of a screencast-based flipped classroom to enrich learning and reduce faculty time requirements in an animal welfare master’s degree. J Vet Med Educ.
Carvalho C, Herrmann K, Marques TA and Knight A (2021). Time to abolish the forced swim test in depression research? Journal of Applied Animal Ethics Research. 3.
Knight A and Satchell L. (2021). Vegan versus meat-based pet foods: owner-reported palatability behaviours and implications for canine and feline welfare. PLoS ONE 16(6): e0253292.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.....
Knight A and Light N. (2021). The nutritional soundness of meat-based and plant-based pet foods. Revista Electronica De Veterinaria 22(1), 1 - 21.
http://veterinaria.org/index.php/REDV....
Zemanova MA, Knight A and Lybæk S (2021). Educational use of animals in Europe reveals reluctance to implement alternatives. ALTEX 38(3), 490 - 506. doi: 10.14573/altex.2011111.
Schmidt K, Duffield D, Rodriguez Ferrere M, and Knight A. (2021). Farmed Animal Welfare Law in New Zealand: Investigating the Gap Between the Animal Welfare Act 1999 and its Delegated Legislation. Wellington: New Zealand Animal Law Association.
Rivera SN, Knight A and McCulloch SP (2021). Surviving the wildlife trade in Southeast Asia: reforming the ‘disposal’ of confiscated live animals under CITES. Animals 11(2), 439.
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/2/439.
Zemanova MA and Knight A (2021). The educational efficacy of humane teaching methods: a systematic review of the evidence. Animals; 11(1):114