Steven McCulloch is Senior Lecturer in Human–Animal Studies at the University of Winchester, UK. Steven qualified as a veterinary surgeon from Bristol University and holds a BA Philosophy from Birbeck College, London University. He has a PhD from the RVC, London for his thesis ‘The British animal health and welfare policy process: accounting for the interests of sentient species’. Steven is Section Editor for ‘Public Policy, Politics and Law’ for the journal Animals. Steven is a diplomat of European College of Animal Welfare and Behavioural Medicine and a recognised European veterinary specialist in animal welfare science, ethics and law.