News
Keep up-to-date with the latest activities of UFAW including announcements about UFAW Awards open for application and the latest book releases.
Pass on something wonderful – UFAW marks Remember a Charity Week
9 September 2019
Did you know that currently, despite the fact it’s one of the most important things you will ever do, only around 6% of us get round to writing a Will? This week 9th-15th September) is Remember A Charity Week and UFAW is proud to be joining over 200 charities across the country to celebrate all the amazing individuals who support vital services by leaving a gift to charity in their Will.
First UFAW SAWI Research Scholarship Update
27 August 2019
In September 2011 a UFAW-SAWI research scholarship was given to Roi Mandel to carry out research on the welfare of dairy cattle under the supervision of Dr Eyal Klement of the Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Garden Wildlife Health Update
12 July 2019
Standfast: Our goal is to discover and assess the disease threats facing our native populations of wildlife and our work provides the public and policy makers with the information to help prevent population declines due to disease.” Dr Becki Lawson from the Garden Wildlife Health Project at ZSL’s Institute of Zoology
Animal Welfare Student Scholars
12 June 2019
Congratulations to our Animal Welfare Student Scholars who presented their research to their peers at a meeting in Glasgow. Presentations covered a variety of topics from how drugs used to treat epilepsy in dogs impacted on their food motivation to investigating depression in horses.
Latest issue of Animal Welfare out now!
12 June 2019
Have you ever wondered how underwater noise affects marine mammals? Or the role of the brain in the control of conscious perception and death? The latest issue of Animal Welfare is out now and throws light on these and other key topics.
Animal Welfare Across Borders meeting - Hong Kong
12 June 2019
UFAW recently supported a two-day international conference in Hong Kong as part of its activities worldwide to promote animal welfare. Talks focussed on animal welfare issues experienced across the globe, from attitudes to pig welfare within the Chinese pig industry to differences in the regulations governing the use of animals in research around the world.
Supporting animal welfare in Israel
23 May 2019
The UFAW SAWI Fund is dedicated to improving the welfare of animals in Israel and was established in 2003 when the Society for Animal Welfare in Israel was brought under UFAW’s wing in line with the wishes of SAWI’s founder, the late Miss Marguerite Silverman.
International Symposium on ovine footrot
23 May 2019
An important element of UFAW’s work is ensuring knowledge about the latest developments in animal welfare is disseminated. We recently supported a symposium on foot rot in sheep, the most common cause of lameness in sheep which is present in 90% of UK flocks.
UFAW/Wiley Blackwell Animal Welfare series milestone
14 May 2019
It’s been 20 years since UFAW entered into an agreement with Wiley Blackwell to commission a book series on a wide range of animal welfare issues and animal welfare science.
Clinical skills workshop in Bangladesh helps veterinary students
29 April 2019
A UFAW grant awarded to run a two-day clinical skills workshop at the Chittagong Veterinary and Agricultural University (CVASU) in Bangladesh earlier this year was a great success.
