Leopoldo Estol

Biography

Leopoldo Estol (for many, simply Dr. "Polo") has developed an intense professional career in his more than 50 years of graduating as a Veterinary Doctor at the University of Buenos Aires, where he also completed his postgraduate degree in Public Health (specializing in Hospital Administration) at the Faculty of Medicine.
Some milestones to highlight are being the first professional in the country to obtain the Animal Welfare Specialist Certificate (and its re-certification) by the Professional Council of Veterinarians; creating and leading the first Chapter on Animal Welfare in a National Veterinary Service (SENASA of Argentina, a fact recognized and highlighted at the time by DEFRA of the UK); designing, selecting the faculty and conducting a Veterinary Career at a non-state-run University (USAL, Argentina) whose curriculum included Animal Welfare as a compulsory subject, which he taught, in addition to being an associate professor of Ethics. At that time, it was the first veterinary school IN THE WORLD to establish this compulsory subject, since all the few that dictated it made it optional (which, unfortunately, happens in many today...)
He developed and develops an intense academic activity in Argentine universities of state and private management, as a tenured, invited professor, and lecturer in undergraduate and postgraduate activities.
The same position in various foreign universities in Colombia, Mexico and the European Union.
He was and is a national and international speaker at universities, research institutes and international organizations at conferences, plenary conferences, appointments as the organiser, president, secretary; international evaluator, moderator, member of various scientific committees, chairman and various international official missions since 1984 on animal welfare, public health, one health, one welfare; 166 conferences in 15 countries besides Argentina.
He held various positions in the country at the national and municipal levels. Head of Cabinet of Ministers; Municipality of the City of Buenos Aires; Programming Directorate, Sanitary Fight Service (SELSA), (SENASA), Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries; National Institute of Agricultural Technology, INTA
In private activity, creator and director of the Animal Welfare Science Centre, Association of Business Leaders; Animal Welfare Advisor, Argentine Chamber of Livestock Shippers; academic advisor in Animal Welfare, Red Alimentaria SRL.; scientific director, Argentine Foundation for Animal Welfare.
A representative for Latin America, Executive Committee on Animal Welfare and Ethology, World Veterinary Association (WVA); founder and president of the Latin American Association of Animal Welfare; founder and vice president, World Network of Veterinary Specialists in Animal Welfare; advisor to the University of Bristol, UK, of the World Society for the Protection of Animals, (WSPA), London, UK, of the UNESCO Chair of Sustainability, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, SPAIN.
He integrated and integrates various international and national networks: Global Network 1HN, (CANADA); Group of Latin American Experts on Planning, Assessment and Risk Management, Natural Disasters, Epidemiological Surveillance, Health, Public Health and Occupational Safety within the framework of One Health (OHLat Working Group); Commissions in the Professional Council of Veterinary Doctors of Argentina (CPMV); National Commission for Animal Welfare in Livestock Species (CONBAEP) in the National Directorate of Animal Health (SENASA); ALFA II Project of the European Community for Academic Cooperation between countries of the European Union and Latin America; Member at large, Delta Society (Interactions of People, Animals and Environment), USA; International Zoonoses Association; Society for Veterinary Medical Ethics, USA; International Academy of Animal Welfare Sciences, U.K.; Company Veterinary Institute, Montevideo, URUGUAY; World Veterinary Consultants, New Zealand.
He received the distinctions: Guest of Honor, Government of the Department of Magdalena, Colombia; Academic Vocation Award, Book Fair Foundation, Buenos Aires; Diploma of Honor, Friends of Animals Association of Lima, Peru; Official Guest of the Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, National University of Rosario, Province of Sta. Fe, Argentina,
Editorial activity for companies in Mexico, Venezuela, Spain, Canada and Argentina. Various publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals; Disclosure in magazines and press media, "online" interviews, videos, and recordings as a speaker at local and foreign conferences (webinars).
Currently Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences,Galileo University, Guatemala; advisor to the President of the Environment Commission of the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament (PARLATINO) and has just resigned as an expert advisor on Animal Health and Welfare, Argentine Meat Sustainable Meat (MACS), for having been appointed its CEO.