Dr. Webster is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Bristol. On arrival at Bristol in 1977, he co-founded a unit for the study of animal behaviour and welfare, which at the time of his departure from Bristol was one of the major world centres for such study. He was a founder member of the Farm Animal Welfare Council and first propounded the “Five Freedoms“ which have gained international recognition as standards for defining the elements of good welfare in domestic animals. He is a former President of both the Nutrition Society and the British Society for Animal Science. One can read more about his work on his website.