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John Bradshaw is a biologist who founded and directs the world-renowned Anthrozoology Institute, based at the University of Bristol. He has been studying the behaviour of domestic dogs and their owners for over 25 years, and is the author of many scientific articles, research papers and reviews, which have not only shed new light on the dog’s abilities and needs, but have also changed the way that dogs are understood and cared for all over the world. Intent on understanding every aspect of the relationship between man and his “best friend”, the domestic dog, his research has ranged from studies of why guide dogs are less well accepted in Japan than they are in the West, to how gundogs learn how to track their quarry. John firmly believes that the future of the dog lies not simply in the blunt instruments of legislation and regulation, but with better public understanding of what dogs actually are, their needs and wants.