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Farm animal welfare

23 November 2018

Humans have been farming animals for a very long time (over 10,000 years) and, over the past few decades, considerable progress has been made in improving farm animal welfare (such as better-quality veterinary care, enhanced nutrition, and a greater understanding of animal behaviour and genetics).

Why UFAW's work is important?

14 November 2018

Are we responsible for the welfare of wild animals?
Public opinion varies as to whether, and to what degree, humans should be considered responsible for the welfare of wild animals. 

Helping to improve the Welfare of Animals Used in Scientific Testing and Research

14 November 2018

Tens of millions of animals are used around the world every year in scientific research and testing.  They are mostly used to develop and test treatments for human conditions and to understand human biology, but also to develop veterinary treatments for other animals and to obtain fundamental knowledge.

Animal Welfare Across Borders meeting - Hong Kong

1 November 2018

UFAW's Dr Huw Golledge has travelled to Hong Kong to speak at the Animal Welfare Across Borders meeting. Topics at the meeting include cat and dog welfare in Thailand, the Chinese pig industry and animal welfare and sustainability amongst others. Huw’s presentation at the conference is entitled Diagnosing poor welfare – the need for sensitivity, specificity and generalisability.   

UFAW’s International Animal Welfare Symposium 2019 – Call for papers

1 November 2018

UFAW’s 2019 International Symposium Advancing Animal Welfare Science – How do we get there?  Who is it good for? is to take place on the 3^rd-4^th July 2019 at Oud Sint-Jan, in the UNESCO world heritage city of Bruges, Belgium. 

UFAW-supported initiatives continue to forge advances in our understanding of animals

8 October 2018

The year in review – Annual Report 2017-18 now published

UFAW’s Annual Report has now been published and reviews a year which underpins the charity’s commitment to advancing our understanding of animals and what matters to them. 

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