Curriculum Vitae
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First Name | Rastislav |
Last Name: | Kolesar |
Birth Date: | March 13, 1971 |
Nationality: | Slovak |
Marital Status: | Married |
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Address: | WSPA, 89 Albert Embankment, SE1 7TP, London |
Phone: | (+44) 20 7587 5053 |
Fax: | (+44) 20 7587 0208 |
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Education |
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1989-1995: | University of Veterinary Medicine Kosice, Slovakia |
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Trainings: |
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2007 | FWO - Fish transport and humane slaughter (UK Meat Council) |
2006 | PWO - Poultry transport, humane slaughter (as above) |
2005 | AWO - Red meat species humane slaughter (as above) |
2003 | Animal welfare module of Bristol University Meat Science MCs. |
2002 | AWO - Red meat species humane slaughter (UK Meat Council) |
2001 | 10 months study visit at PPP Inc. veterinary clinic, Denver, USA |
1995 | 1 month study visit at Blue Cross Animal Hospital, London, UK |
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Work experience |
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2007-present | WSPA - Farm Animal Programmes Manager |
2005 -2006 | WSPA - Farm Animal Programmes Coordinator |
2002 -2004 | Veterinary, Farm Animal Welfare and Humane Slaughter Consultant |
2001 | Veterinary practical training, Denver CO, USA |
1999-2000 | State Veterinary Administration of Slovak Republic - Animal Welfare Adviser |
1997-1998 | NGO animal charity - Veterinary and Animal Welfare Consultant |
1995 -1996 | NGO animal shelter - Junior Veterinarian |
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Conferences and seminars |
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2009 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 4th World Halal Forum (member of animal welfare panel) |
2009 | Shanghai - 28th Conference of the OIE Regional Commission for Asia, the Far East and Oceania (speaker) |
2008 | Cairo, Egypt - 2nd Global Conference on Animal Welfare (speaker) |
2007 | Zhengzhou, PRC - Humane Slaughter and Quality of Meat - Chinese perspectives (speaker) |
2006 | Tbilisi, GE - South Caucasian workshop on Concepts on Animal Welfare (speaker) |
2005 | Zhengzhou, PRC - International Seminar on Transition to Sustainable Livestock Systems (speaker) |
2005 | London, UK From Darwin to Dawkins |
2002 | London, UK - First Animal Sentience Conference |
2000 | Bratislava, SVK - EU Taiex Conference on Welfare of Farm Animals during Transport |
1999 | Bologna, It - Third World Congress on Welfare of Laboratory Animals |
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Language skills | Slovak, Czech, English, Russian, Polish |
Computer skills | MS Office, TYPO 3, Adobe Premiere |
