Krzysztof Wojtas

Dr Krzysztof Wojtas is Head of Fish Policy at Compassion in World Farming. He is currently leading a European wide project aimed at improving the welfare of fish in the EU and UK. He is also an Assistant Professor at the Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences. He has conducted various research and published scientific papers on animal welfare with a special focus on fish cognition and welfare. Previously he was working as a consultant for Eurogroup for Animals; a Brussels based organisation lobbying in the European Commission and Parliament for Animal Welfare. He is also working with Otwarte Klatki, a polish based NGO where his scientific report contributed to a parliamentary initiative for an outright ban of fur farming in Poland.