Senior lecturer in animal behaviour, human-animal interactions and companion animal behaviour counselling • Chair of Association of Pet Behaviour Counsellors • Trustee of Animal Behaviour and Training Council Animal behaviour and welfare • Behaviour and temperament assessment of dogs • Aspects of dog behaviour in general • The human-animal bond • Attitudes to animals • Animals in human housing • Role of animals for physical and emotional health of humans of all ages

I specialise in all matters relating to • • Gamekeeping • Pest and predator control • Sporting shooting, including safety, competence, firearms usage and compliance with best practice • Legal and illegal traps and trapping • Poaching of gamebirds, hare, rabbit, deer and fish • Hunting with hounds, terriers and coursing dogs

Farm business consultant with over 26 years' experience of a wide range of farming systems from livestock to intensive vegetable & potato production • Provided a range of expert witness & insurance reports including: • Review of fencing & farming practice in relation to straying livestock • Review of suitability of livestock handling & broader facilities following injury to farm workers • Appeared in Scottish Land Court as an expert witness in the Morrison Lowe -v- Paterson rent review case