Stanley has worked in the field of environment and animal welfare for 40 years. As a Member of the European Parliament, he was Vice-Chairman of the Environment Committee and Founder-Chair of the All-Party Group on Animal Welfare. He has received awards from the RSPCA RSPB, WWF and Greenpeace for outstanding services to animal welfare and the environment respectively. He has written many books, the latest being Where the Wild Things Were: Travels of a Conservationist.