Donald Broom Explained

Donald Broom
Birth Date:	14 July 1942^[1]
Nationality:	British
Fields:	Biology
Workplaces:	University of Reading University of Cambridge
Alma Mater:	St Catharine's College, Cambridge (BA, PhD, DSc)

Donald Maurice Broom (born 14 July 1942) is an English biologist and emeritus professor of animal welfare at Cambridge University.^{[2] [3]}

Education and career

Broom studied at Whitgift School, and at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he gained a BA in 1964, and a PhD in 1967. From 1967 to 1986, he was lecturer and then reader at the University of Reading.^[1]

Broom was appointed to the first professorship in animal welfare at the University of Cambridge in 1986, and has written widely on sentience in animals, and on the ethics and morality of animal welfare.^{[4] [5]}

During his career in Cambridge, Broom was a fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and a professor in the veterinary school. On retirement in 2009, he was elected to an emeritus fellowship at St Catharine's college.^[6]

Awards

• 2000: Honorary D.Sc: De Montfort University.^[7]
• 2005: Honorary Doctorate: Norwegian University of Life Sciences.^[8]

Selected works

• Biology of Behaviour (1981)
• Farm Animal Behaviour and Welfare, with Andrew F. Fraser (1990)
• Stress and Animal Welfare with Kenneth G. Johnson (1993)
• The welfare of deer, foxes, mink and hares subjected to hunting by humans: a review (2000) Evidence to the Burns Inquiry
• The Evolution of Morality and Religion (2003)^[5]
• Sentience and Animal Welfare (2014).
• Domestic Animal Behaviour and Welfare, with Andrew F. Fraser (2015), 5th edition.

External links

• CURRICULUM VITAE (SHORT FORM)– SCAHAW

Notes and References

1. Web site: ORCID Professor Donald Broom. orcid.org.
2. Web site: Cambridge Veterinary School: Research investigators . University of Cambridge Veterinary School . 21 January 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100104072431/http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/research/investigators/broom.html . 4 January 2010.
3. Book: Garner, R. . Animals, Politics and Morality: Second Edition . Manchester University Press . Animals, Politics, and Morality . 2004 . 978-0-7190-6621-4 . 7 Aug 2023 . 64.
4. Animal welfare: concepts and measurement2. D. M.. Broom. 1 October 1991. Journal of Animal Science. 69. 10. 4167–4175. 10.2527/1991.69104167x. 1778832 .
5. Web site: THE EVOLUTION OF MORALITY AND RELIGION. The Gospel Coalition.
6. Web site: Professor Donald Broom | St Catharine's College, Cambridge. www.caths.cam.ac.uk.
7. Web site: Glittering Prizes: Awards for Academics. 29 September 2000. The Times Higher Education. 22 January 2010.
8. Web site: New Honorary Doctorates at UMB. Norwegian University of Life Sciences. 22 January 2010. 28 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110728151439/http://www.umb.no/frontpage/article/new-honorary-doctorates-at-umb. dead.