Professor Clive Phillips

Clive Phillips is Foundation Professor of Animal Welfare at the University of Queensland, where he directs the Centre for Animal Welfare and Ethics in the vet school. He is well known for raising concerns about the rapidly intensifying global animal trade, the subject of his recent book, The Animal Trade (CABI, 2015). Other books include The Welfare of Animals - the Silent Majority, Principles of Cattle Production, Cattle Behaviour and Welfare, and Animal Welfare in Australia. He has also authored over 300 journal articles. In 2012 Clive was awarded the Australian Museum prize for scientific research for the protection of animals.