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Keep up-to-date with the latest activities of UFAW including announcements about UFAW Awards open for application and the latest book releases.
Rabbit Awareness Week 2020
10 August 2020
Rabbit Awareness Week brings together leading rabbit welfare experts and veterinary professionals from across the UK, along with welfare charities and organisations that work to help improve standards of rabbit care. This year, it is running as a virtual event over two weeks, from 10-23 August.
UFAW’S July meeting to be a virtual event
24 April 2020
Having had to make the difficult decision to cancel our conference Recent advances in animal welfare science VII, work has been going on behind the scenes to see if we can hold the meeting, or elements of it, as a free virtual event.
The welfare of rabbits and rodents
3 April 2020
Did you know that, for the last 26 years UFAW, in partnership with the RSPCA, has held a joint one-day meeting every autumn to share the latest developments in the care and welfare of rabbits and rodents used in scientific research?
Will you help UFAW?
25 February 2020
UFAW recently part-funded research which provided the first measurable evidence that dogs in meat farms are kept in conditions associated with poor welfare and identified the need for better welfare law to protect farmed dogs.
Tougher start could help captive-bred game birds
30 January 2020
Tougher early lives could help captive-bred game birds develop survival skills for adulthood in the wild, new research suggests.
UFAW’S CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR RETIRES
12 December 2019
Cats do have facial expressions, but you probably can’t read them
10 December 2019
A paper published in the latest issue of UFAW’s Journal Animal Welfare covers a recent study on cat facial expressions carried out by scientists at the University of Guelph in Ontario.
Annual Report showcases science in the service of animal welfare
20 September 2019
UFAW’s Annual Report for 2018-19, which has just been published, emphasises the charity’s role in pushing the boundaries of our knowledge of animals and their needs.
10th Remember a Charity Week busts some of the myths around leaving a legacy
18 September 2019
The 10th Remember a Charity week, which launches this week, is using a quirky format which imitates a 1970s-inspired popular TV show to explain some of the most common misconceptions around legacy giving.
UFAW needs you!
9 September 2019
We’re asking for your support to help us to do more. We currently have a grants fund of £40,000 which enables us to fund quality projects which help a variety of animals across the globe. We’d like to be able to fund more, particularly as there are outstanding and deserving calls for support, but we need more funds to be able to do so. Can you help us?
