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O’SULLIVAN, Michael Edward, B.S.Agr.; animal
and environmental protection executive; b. Toronto,
Ont. 20 July 1954; s. Michael and Margaret Mary (Dil-
lon) O.; e. St. Michael’s College (Hons.) S.S. dipl. 1972;
Univ. of Toronto 1973; Univ. of Guelph B.Sc.Agr. 1977,
integrated science courses 1979; continuing edn.
courses; m. Lise d. Leo and Gabrielle Desrochers 27
Sept. 1986; children: Pierce, Élan; CHRMN. AND
C.E.O., HUMANE SOCIETY OF CANADA; var.
positions during univ. working on farms, with wildlife &
with Toronto Humane Soc. 1972-79; Gen. Mgr., Wind-
sor-Essex Co. Humane Soc. 1979-82; Acting Gen.
Mgr., Toronto Humane Soc. 1983; Reg. Dir., World
Soc. for the Protection of Animals 1983-93; Into the
Blue Project Dir. 1993; has worked in over 90 countries
on issues involving protection of animals & nature through
edn., legis. initiatives, sci. rsch., convention & under-
cover investigations; Consultant for wide spectrum of
Charities involved in social welfare causes; Liaison with
Interpol, U.N., Eur. Parliament, Council of Eur., Inter-
nat. Court of Justice, World health Orgn.; Food &
Agric. Orgn.; worked on documentaries (scripts & video
footage); involved in over seven thousand media inter-
views; Humanitarian of the Year 1989, Nat. Soc. for
Animal Protection; profiled in Rescue the Earth! (Farley
Mowat) 1990; submissions to Internat. Whaling Comn.;
WTO/GATT; Convention on Internat. Trade in Endan-
gered Species; U.N. Earth Summit; Primary Drafter of
1st Nat. Animal Protection Law for Columbia 1989
(used as model for other Latin Am. countries); Horse
slaughter investigation, Illegal Trade in Bear Parts and
Ivory investigation in Angola; Disaster Relief Mission
to Kuwait 1991 to help animals; Disaster Relief for Ani-
mals in Prairies 2002; Vice-Pres., Burr Fdn.; Chrmn. &
C.E.O., Ark Angel; Chrmn. & C.E.O., Humane Soc. of
the Americas; author of over four thousand articles &
reports incl. Into the Blue Dolphin Rehabilitation 1991,
Trapping of Wild Furbearing mammals in Canada for
the Commercial Production of Fur 1986; professional
career has exposed him to a wide & diverse range of
social, econ., pol., religious & hist. factors which shape
our attitudes towards people, animals & nature; R.
Catholic; recreations: reading, scuba diving, walking,
martial arts, team sports; Home: 28 Fernwood Park
Ave., Toronto, Ont. M4E 3G1; Office: 347 Bay St.,
Suite 806, Toronto, Ont. M5H 2R7.
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