Tony Buckwell (BVet Med, DLAS, MRCVS) is a veterinary surgeon who worked predominantly in small animal practice, prior to a variety of senior management roles in industry, with a large animal breeder and in academia, each relating to the veterinary care and general welfare of a variety of animal species. Tony has a life-long passion for dogs, natural history and country pursuits, and its married to a pedigree gundog breeder. He volunteers his expertise to the Kennel Club and regularly writes for Shooting Times magazine, answering questions on the health care and general welfare of working dogs, and is the author of Gundog Health and Welfare (Crowood).