News
Keep up-to-date with the latest activities of UFAW including announcements about UFAW Awards open for application and the latest book releases.
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UFAW welcomes new legislation to tackle genetic welfare problems in dogs
13 June 2018
New legislation which will come into effect on the 1st of October this year heralds a potential break-through in tackling genetic welfare problems in dogs
UFAW reaches its 100th LINK
16 May 2018
Through the LINKs, UFAW promotes its work and grant opportunities and encourages welfare linked educational and other activities for the students and staff at academic institutes around the world. Thank you to those members and supporters who donated to last year’s Spring Appeal to help the charity build more international LINKs - with the acceptance of a LINK at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Teramo, Italy, UFAW is pleased to announce it has now established LINKs at 100 Universities.
Should crabs and lobsters be given the benefit of the doubt and included in animal welfare legislation?
16 May 2018
UFAW responded to a recent consultation from Defra on the Draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill 2017 arguing that the animal groups protected by the legislation should be explicitly defined and should include not only vertebrates but also cephalopods (these are protected by some existing European animal welfare legislation).
Want happy elephants? Ask the experts
21 March 2018
Research captures the valuable experience and expertise of stakeholder groups to inform welfare assessment of captive elephants, click here for further information
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NC3Rs award for UFAW-funded Research into Lab Mouse Housing
21 March 2018
The National Centre for Replacement, Refinement and Reduction (NC3Rs) of animals in research recently awarded Dr Georgia Mason, Dr Michael Walker and colleagues from the University of Guelph, Canada, a highly commended award in their annual prize for their UFAW-funded work on mixed-strain housing for female mice to promote both refinement and the reduction of animals used in research.
Animal Welfare Journal
10 November 2017
Are consumers wilfully ignorant about animal welfare? What are stakeholders’ perspectives of elephant welfare? What effect does stress in the mother have for the progeny of sheep? The answers to these and other welfare questions can be found in the latest issue of the Journal Animal Welfare
Christmas cards and other promotional items
2 October 2017
Just a brief reminder that UFAW’s range of Christmas cards and other items are available to purchase online. Each purchase helps to promote and support the work of the charity and the current gift catalogue can be accessed here. You can also order your gifts on-line here
UFAW’s LINK Scheme continues to grow
29 September 2017
Over the last twelve months, UFAW has continued to grow its outreach programme of University LINKS, which now number close to 100.
Annual Report highlights range of projects supported
26 September 2017
10th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences
26 September 2017
UFAW’s Senior Scientific Programme Manager Dr Huw Golledge recently travelled to Seattle to attend the 10th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences.
