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E-mail: ipan@erols.com
CURRENT: President/Director, Fox’s Pen Inc., writing, consulting and lecturing
on animal health, rights, and welfare, holistic and environmental health, bioethics, biotechnology and sustainable agriculture.
Syndicated newspaper columnist Animal Doctor, United Features, NY
EDUCATION:
Buxton College, Buxton, Derbyshire, England, 1951-1957
B.Vet .Med, Royal Veterinary College, London, England, 1957-1962. Class medals in Animal Husbandry,Pre-Clinical
Studies, Pathology and Fellow of the RVC Medical Assoc.
Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons(MRCVS) 1962
PhD (Medicine) University of London, 1967
DSc (Ethology/Animal Behavior) University of London, 1976
WORK EXPERIENCE:
House Surgeon, Cambridge University, College of Veterinary Medicine, England, January -
September 1962
Post doctoral fellow, Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, 1962-1964
Medical research associate, State Research Hospital, Galesburg, IL, 1964-1967; Assistant
Prof. of Biology and Psychology, 1967-1969
Associate Prof. of Psychology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 1969-1976
While with The Humane Society of the United States, Washington DC, he served as:
Director, Institute for the Study of Animal Problems, 1976-1987
Scientific Director, The Humane Society of the United 1980-1987
Director, Center for Respect of Life and Environment, 1988-1990
Vice President, Bioethics and Farm Animal Protection, 1988-1997
Senior Scholar, Bioethics, 1997-2002.
Currently he works as a consulting veterinarian, lecturer, author, conservationist, and
writes the nationally syndicated weekly newspaper column Animal Doctor.
He is a frequent guest on local and national TV and radio network shows.
MEMBERSHIPS
American Veterinary Holistic Medical Association
Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights
Board Member, Global Communications for Conservation, Inc.
Founding Member, International Society of Applied Ethology
Member, British and American Veterinary Medical Associations
Formerly: Chairman, National Academy of Sciences Committee on Animal Welfare and
Ethology; Member,National Academy of Sciences Committee on Dog and Cat Laboratory Care Standards;
Member, Council for Agriculture, Science and Technology Farm Animal Welfare Committee;
Advisor, U.S. Army Veterinary Corps ‘Super-Dog’ Project; Advisor, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture National
Organics Standards Board.
AWARDS
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 1959 ‘For his courage
and humanity in rescuing a heifer from a disused mineshaft.’
Washington University, St. Louis, Alumnus Faculty Award, 1972
Distinguished Teacher, Dog Writers’ Association of America, 1973, Maxwell
Award.
Christopher Award for Children’s literature, 1974
International Felix Wankel Prize, 1982
For Research in Animal Welfare, The Delta Society, 1986
‘For exceptionally significant contributions to ourunderstanding of the relationships
between people and animals.’
Psychologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, 1987
‘For exceptional contribution to the advancement of animal welfare, science
and philosophy.’
The Animal Welfare Foundation of Canada, the Alex Brownlee Award, 1993
‘For international leadership in scientific publication promoting respect
for animals, their nature and welfare.’
The Japanese Veterinary Ethological Association, 1994,
‘For meritorious contributions and inspiring leadership: Honored Life Member’.
BOOKS BY DR. MICHAEL W. FOX
DOG BODY, DOG MIND: EXPLORING CANINE CONSCIOUSNESS AND TOTAL WELL-BEING. (2007) The Lyons Press, Guilford, CT.
CAT BODY, CAT MIND: EXPORING FELINE CONSCIOUSNESS AND TOTAL WELL-BEING. (2007) The Lyons Press, Guilford,
CT
KILLER FOODS: WHAT SCIENTISTS DO TO MAKE GENES BETTER IS NOT ALWAYS BEST. (2004) The Lyons Press,
Guilford, CT
THE HEALING TOUCH FOR DOGS (2004) New Market Press, New York.
THE HEALING TOUCH FOR CATS (2004) New Market Press, New York
BRINGING LIFE TO ETHICS: GLOBAL BIOETHICS FOR A HUMANE SOCIETY (2000) State University of New York
Press, Albany, NY.
BEYOND EVOLUTION: THE GENETICALLY ALTERED FUTURE OF PLANTS, ANIMALS, THE EARTH---AND HUMANITY (1999)
The Lyons Press, Guilford, CT
CONCEPTS IN ETHOLOGY: ANIMAL BEHAVIOR AND BIOETHICS (second edition 1998) Krieger Publishing Co.,
Melbourne, Florida
EATING WITH CONSCIENCE: THE BIOETHICS OF FOOD (1997) NewSage Press, Troutdale, Oregon
THE BOUNDLESS CIRCLE (1996) Quest Books, Wheaton, Illinois
AGRICIDE: THE HIDDEN FARM AND FOOD CRISIS THAT AFFECTS US ALL (reprint edition 1996) Krieger Publishing
Co., Melbourne, Florida
SUPER PIGS AND WONDERCORN: THE BRAVE NEW WORLD OF BIOTECHNOLOGY AND WHERE IT ALL MIGHT LEAD (1992)
The Lyons Press, Guilford, CT
THE SOUL OF THE WOLF (reprint edition 1992) Lyons & Burford, New York
UNDERSTANDING YOUR DOG (revised edition 1992) St. Martin's Press, New York
UNDERSTANDING YOUR CAT (revised edition 1992) St. Martin's Press, New York
YOU CAN SAVE THE ANIMALS: 50 THINGS YOU CAN DO RIGHT NOW (1991) St. Martin's Press, New York
SUPERCAT: RAISING THE PERFECT FELINE COMPANION (1991) Howell Book House, New York
SUPERDOG: RAISING THE PERFECT CANINE COMPANION (1990) Howell Book House, New York
INHUMANE SOCIETY: THE AMERICAN WAY OF EXPLOITING ANIMALS (1990) St.Martin's Press, New York
ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, ANIMALS, AND NATURE (1989) Center for Respect of Life and
Environment, Washington, DC
THE NEW EDEN (1989) Lotus Press, Santa Fe, New Mexico
THE NEW ANIMAL DOCTOR'S ANSWER BOOK (1989) Newmarket Press, New York
LABORATORY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY (1986) State University of New York Press, Albany
BETWEEN ANIMAL AND MAN: THE KEY TO THE KINGDOM (reprint edition 1986) Krieger Publishing
Co., Melbourne, Florida
THE WHISTLING HUNTERS (1984) State University of New York Press
BEHAVIOR OF WOLVES, DOGS, AND RELATED CANIDS (reprint edition 1984) Krieger Publishing
Co., Melbourne, Florida
ONE EARTH, ONE MIND (reprint edition 1984) Krieger Publishing Co., Melbourne, Florida
FARM ANIMALS: HUSBANDRY, BEHAVIOR AND VETERINARY PRACTICE: A CRITIC'S VIEWPOINT
(1984) University Press, Baltimore, Maryland
THE HEALING TOUCH (1983) Newmarket Press, New York (paperback version of DR.
MICHAEL FOX'S MASSAGE PROGRAM FOR CATS AND DOGS, 1981, Newmarket Press, NY)
LOVE IS A HAPPY CAT (1982) Newmarket Press, New York
HOW TO BE YOUR PET'S BEST FRIEND (1981) Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, New York
RETURNING TO EDEN: ANIMAL RIGHTS AND HUMAN RESPONSIBILITY (1980) Viking Press, New
York
UNDERSTANDING YOUR PET (1978) Coward, McCann and Geoghegan, New York
CONCEPTS IN ETHOLOGY, ANIMAL AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR (1974) University of Minnesota
CANINE BEHAVIOR (reprint edition 1972) Charles C. Thomas Publishing, Springfield, Illinois
INTEGRATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR IN THE DOG (1971) University of Chicago
Press
CANINE PEDIATRICS (1966) Charles C. Thomas Publishing, Springfield, Illinois
Editor of: ADVANCES IN ANIMAL WELFARE SCIENCE (annual series 1984-1987)
Martinus Nijhoff in Holland, and The Humane Society of the United States, Washington,
DC, THE DOG: ITS DOMESTICATION AND BEHAVIOR (reprint edition 1987) Krieger Publishing
Co., Melbourne, Florida
THE WILD CANIDS (reprint edition 1983) Krieger Publishing Co., Melbourne, Florida
ON THE FIFTH DAY: ANIMAL RIGHTS AND HUMAN ETHICS (1977) Acropolis Press, Washington,
DC (With R. K. Morris)
READINGS IN ETHOLOGY AND COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY (1973) Brooks/Cole, California
ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR IN ANIMALS (1968) Saunders, Philadelphia
Contributing Editor, ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, 1996 edition, CAT and DOG entries.
Contributing Editor, McCall’s Magazine, PET LIFE column, 1974-1996
Children's Books:
ANIMALS HAVE RIGHTS TOO (1991) Crossroads/Continuum, New York
THE WAY OF THE DOLPHIN (1981) Acropolis Books, Washington, DC
THE TOUCHLINGS (1981) Acropolis Books, Washington, DC
LESSONS FROM NATURE: FOX'S FABLES (1980) Acropolis, Washington, DC
WHITEPAWS: A COYOTE-DOG (1979) Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, New York
WILD DOGS THREE (1977) Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, New York
WHAT IS YOUR DOG SAYING? (1977) M. W. Fox and Wende Devlin Gates, Coward, McCAN
and Geoghegan, New York
WHAT IS YOUR CAT SAYING? (1977) M. W. Fox and Wende Devlin Gates, Coward, McCan
and Geoghegan, New York
RAMU AND CHENNAI* (1975) Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, New York
SUNDANCE COYOTE** (1974) Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, New York
THE WOLF*** (1973) Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, New York
VIXIE, THE STORY OF A LITTLE FOX (1973) Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, New York
