Agustín Blasco is professor of Animal Genetics at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. He has been a visiting researcher at animal research laboratories in Edinburgh and Paris and at the FAO in Rome. He has published at least a hundred articles in research magazines, taken part in numerous international congresses and given courses and lectures in the US, Australia, South America and various European countries. He teaches Ethics and Animal Welfare at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia.