Andrew Higgins

Andrew Higgins is a British veterinarian and scientist.

Career He graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in 1973 and was commissioned in the Royal Army Veterinary Corps where he served in Northern Ireland with the British Army Training Team in the Dhofar Rebellion in Oman. He wrote an account of his experiences titled With the SAS and Other Animals (2011). He was also the scientific director and chief executive of the Animal Health Trust.

Following the closure of the institute in 2022, he raised funds to purchase the library and other historical records, which were relocated to the Harper Keele Veterinary School, and the institute's archives were transferred to the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. In 2009, Higgins chaired the Independent Anti-Doping and Medication Control Review for the Greyhound Board of Great Britain.

In 2015 Pen and Sword Books published Higgins' "With the SAS and Other Animals".

He is a fellow of Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons an honour bestowed upon him in 2020 for his contributions to the veterinary profession.

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