1967–1972 Royal Veterinary College, University of London Degree: Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine

1972–1973 Voluntary Service Overseas, Kenya

1973–1974 London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London

Courses in Logic, Scientific Method, Economics and Politics.

(Interest in social justice and science and society.)

1974–1980 Travelling in Africa, N America and Europe. Work in various UK mixed and

small animal practices. One year as part time zoo veterinarian.

1980 Travelled to Australia

1981 Opened mixed practice in Riverstone, Outer Western Sydney.

1982 Opened small animal practice Quakers Hill, Outer Western Sydney

1983 Opened small animal practice Richmond, Outer Western Sydney

1985 Opened small animal practice South Windsor, Outer Western Sydney

Mid to late eighties became increasingly aware of pandemic of periodontal disease.

1989 Visited British Small Animal Veterinary Association conference where Dr Lysander

Mygiakis, Thessalonica, Greece, introduced to the writings of James Lovelock FRS (and

subsequently the writings of Professor Lynn Margulis).

1989 Lecture at AVA HQ The 21st Century Environmental Revolution: Preserving a

Veterinary Role (Suggested that veterinarians and the Australian Veterinary Association

should become proactive in environmental matters.)

1991 Lecture delivered at Veterinarians and the Environment, AVA Annual Conference,

Sydney

1991 August. Submitted Oral Disease in Cats and Dogs to Sydney University Post Graduate Committer newsletter Control and Therapy.

1991 November met with Drs Breck Muir and Alan Bennet. Discussed the state of pet health

and the roles of the veterinary profession and pet food industry.

1991 December Oral Disease in Cats and Dogs published in Post Graduate Committee

Control and Therapy

1992 Published article in Control and Therapy entitled: Raw Meaty Bones Promote Health.

(Raw meaty bones became the name of the lobby group and a byword for natural feeding and

raw feeding activism.)

1992 Lecture at AVA HQ, Pandemic of Periodontal Disease: A Malodorous Condition.

1992 Following the poor reception of the Pandemic lecture became almost full-time

researcher and writer on diet-induced ill health of pets — the veterinary clinics being run

part-time and staffed by various young associates.

1993 First of several TV and radio interviews. First time stood for election to the AVA Board.

1993 March. Feeding vs Nutrition: Have we lost the plot in small animal dietetics? published

in Australian Veterinary Practitioner 23(1)

1993 June. University of Sydney evening lecture (in association with PGF Veterinary

Dentistry course) Bloodletting, Bar Firing and Veterinary Dentistry: A case for extraction.

1993 September. Massey University Veterinary School lecture: Pet Foods’ Insidious

Consequences: A modern veterinary SNAFU

1994 Cybernetic Hypothesis of Periodontal Disease in Mammalian Carnivores published in

Journal of Veterinary Dentistry 11:1

1995 Periodontal Disease and Leucopenia published in Journal of Small Animal Practice 36,

542-546

1996 Australian Veterinary Students Association Annual Conference lecture: Periodontal

Disease: The pet food industry, veterinary profession and you.

1998–2001 Concentrated efforts on researching and writing the book Raw Meaty Bones:

Promote Health

1999 Presentation to Australian Society of Periodontology Annual Conference on Periodontal

Disease and Systemic Health entitled: Periodontal Disease and the Penitentiary: Wherein lies

the connection

2001 August. Published Raw Meaty Bones: Promote Health

2001 August. The Australian and The Sun Herald newspapers wrote articles and had photos

in readiness for publicising the launch of Raw Meaty Bones. Both newspapers failed to

publish their articles and failed to give reasons. The Sun Herald published, in the designated

edition of the newspaper, an ‘advertorial’ for the Mars Corporation.

2001 Raw Meaty Bones gets rave reviews

2002 Raw Meaty Bones lecture tour: University of Western Australia Extension, Germany,

UK and USA

2003 American Veterinary Medical and Legal Association publish review.

Lecture and media tour of New Zealand, including appearance on prestigious NZTV program

‘Face to Face with Kim Hill’. Lectures in UK, Germany and six-week evening course at

Emory University Extension, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

2004 Lecture tour of UK and USA. Time magazine article, Today Tonight TV segment.

Statement made in NSW State Parliament concerning expulsion of Dr Lonsdale from

membership of Australian Veterinary Association ‘This is the action of a kangaroo court. It is

a disgrace.’

2004 Nominated for College Prize of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists

2004 UK Parliament Early Day Motion 335 Processed Pet Foods and Vets ‘applauds and

recommends the work of veterinary surgeon Tom Lonsdale’.

2005 Lectures University of Western Australia Extension.

2005 UK Parliament Early Day Motion 1003 Raw Meaty Bones Group: ‘acknowledges the

Evidence and analysis in the book Raw Meaty Bones by Tom Lonsdale’.

2005 Work Wonders: Feed your dog raw meaty bones receives rave reviews. Australian

launch at Woodford Folk Festival, Woodford, Queensland.

2006 Lectures and media appearances in UK, Belgium, Holland, China. Presentation for

Members of UK Parliament.

2006 Listed in Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare.

2007 Junk Pet Food And The Damage Done
Nexus Vol 14 No 6 October/November 2007 (View abridged published version)

2008 Sefi’s Ear Discharge
Control & Therapy Series, Sydney University, Centre for Veterinary Education. Paper accepted and re-accepted several times prior to final rejection, November 2008.

2008 Blowing the whistle on the pet-food industry/veterinary/fake animal welfare racket
Whistleblowers Australia, 2008 National Conference and AGM
December 6 and 7 at University College, University of Melbourne. (poster)

2011 Raw Meaty Bones: Essential food for working K9s
K-9 Cop Magazine September/October 2011

2011 Effects of gum disease in working dogs
K-9 Cop Magazine December 2011

2012 Effects of gum disease on sense of smell
K-9 Cop Magazine Jan 2012

2012 Feeding A Raw Diet For The First Time
First published in Raw Instincts Magazine Vol1 Issue1 2012

2014 Commenced Freedom of Information actions against Australian veterinary schools.

2014 Most Supportive Vet nominee questionnaire       Check List of ‘Maker’s instructions’
Master Dog Breeders and Associates 2014 Award

2014 Proposed lecture at Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons EBVM conference Oct 2014

2018 Raw meaty bones essentials, University of Sydney, Centre for Veterinary Education, Control & Therapy Series – Number 5682, Issue 291 June 2018

2018 Kevin Conolly MP, statement in NSW State Parliament

2018 Submission to Australian Senate Inquiry on Safety of Pet Foods

2022 Retired from clinical veterinary practice. Continues writing and lecturing.