Prof. Alan Gerard MCELLIGOTT
Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice, and Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy. 2011. Queen Mary University of London.
PhD. Zoology. 1998. University College Dublin
BSc. Zoology. 1992. University College Cork.
- Associate Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health
Research Interests/Areas
- How Livestock Perceive and Communicate with People
- Expression and Perception of Animal Emotions
- Use of Vocalisations in Precision Livestock Farming
- Mother-Offspring relations in Livestock
- Domestic Animal Welfare, e.g. dogs and cats
- Public Attitudes to Animal Welfare and Sentience
Editor or Editorial Membership
Editor: PEERJ - the journal of Life and the Environment,
Editor: Research Ethics.
Editorial Board Member: Animal Sentience
Editor: Animal Behaviour (2014-2017).
Membership of Professional Bodies
Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB).
International Society for Applied Ethology.
Services outside CityUHK
Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB). Member of ASAB Education Committee.
Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB). Member of the EDIA (Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility) Committee.
International Society for Applied Ethology. Member of the EDI Committee.
Farm Sanctuary. Member of the Animals Advisory Committee.
Buttercups Sanctuary for Goats. Trustee.
Compassion in World Farming (CIWF), Visionary. https://www.ciwf.org.uk/about-us/visionaries/academia/dr-alan-mcelligott/
Projects
Current PhDs
George Hodgson (City University of Hong Kong, 2021 - present. co-supervised by Dr. Kate Flay, City University of Hong Kong).
Title: Behaviour and welfare of feral cattle
Tania Perroux (City University of Hong Kong, 2021 - present. Main supervisor, Dr. Kate Flay, City University of Hong Kong).
Title: Behaviour, health and welfare of feral cattle
Saad Bukhari (City University of Hong Kong, 2020 - present. Main supervisor, Dr. Becky Parkes, City University of Hong Kong).
Title: Welfare of working donkeys
Nicolas Brualla (City University of Hong Kong, 2020 - present. Main supervisors, Dr. Dai Koyabu, University of Tsukuba, Japan, and Dr. Laura Wilson, Australian National University).
Title: Comparative anatomy and evolutionary morphology of the bat larynx
Marianne Mason (University of Roehampton, UK; 2019 - 2022. co-supervised by Prof. Stuart Semple, University of Roehampton).
Title: Goat Perception of Human Cues & Reliability of Thermal Imaging in Welfare Research
Press/Media
Most recent media and press releases:
“INTO FARM ANIMALS' MINDS - VERY CLEVER GOATS" (2020)
Kangaroos can communicate with humans (2020)
DOOBERT "The Animal Professionals" Podcast Interview (2020)
Simple way of 'listening' to chicks could dramatically improve welfare (2020)
Study Finds Goats Can Understand Human Gestures Like Pointing (2020).
Goats can distinguish emotions from the calls of other goats (2019).
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