John Barnett

Age: 59

Summary: Australian zoologist and associate professor in the Melbourne School of Land & Environment at the University of Melbourne who was specialized in the welfare of domestic animals, especially poultry and pigs, whose contributions in the animal welfare field at conferences and in numerous publications (greater than 300) earned him an international reputation and greatly improved animal husbandry techniques for farmed animals, among his research interests were animal welfare standards on long-distance transport and in the chicken meat industry.

Cause of Death: Killed in a bushfire

Born: March 27, 1949

Died: February 7, 2009

Location: Steels Creek, Australia