Miriam Parker – Sheep Conference 2025

Director, Livestockwise Ltd

Miriam is an Agricultural Scientist and after qualifying from Edinburgh spent a number of years in practical livestock management (milking cows!) and with the Scottish Agricultural Colleges.

In 1987, she joined a UK based animal welfare charity, the Humane Slaughter Association as the Technical Director undertaking a number of training and technology transfer projects to improve animal handling and slaughter methods.

In 2000, Miriam moved to the Welsh Borders and set up Livestockwise the company provides specialist advice in the area of animal handling and slaughter. Clients range from major retailers to slaughter plants, farmers and national governments and trade sector bodies to NGO’s.

Miriam has travelled widely and worked with livestock farmers and handlers in India, Mongolia, China, Brazil, Uruguay and Indonesia…to name a few. In 2006, she was awarded an MBE for services to farming.

Spare time! Miriam breeds pedigree Southdown and Teeswater sheep is a weaver and a  competitive carriage driver…..

“Looking after my own sheep (and horses) is what keeps me thinking at a practical level. Animal handling and welfare is not just a subject I deal with from Monday to Friday, it’s a 365 day a year job!”