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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.
UFAW’s Animal Welfare journal celebrates Impact Factor growth
17 July 2025
The team behind Animal Welfare, the journal of the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW) and published by Cambridge University Press, is pleased to share that the journal has achieved an Impact Factor of 2.3 in the 2024 Journal Citation Reports™ released by Clarivate in June 2025. This represents an increase of over 60% from last year’s score, reflecting the journal’s growing contribution to high-quality, peer-reviewed animal welfare science.
Uniting Perspectives: Innovative project sparks dialogue on farm animal welfare at conferences
24 June 2025
At the recent Humane Canada’s 2025 Summit for Animals (Montreal, Quebec) and the International Society for Applied Ethology North American Regional meeting (Guelph, Ontario) a team of animal welfare scientists, with support from UFAW led interactive activities to explore how science can engage diverse actors to ensure a more unified future for farm animal welfare.
UFAW announces 2025 animal welfare award winners
31 March 2025
The Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW) has announced its 2025 award winners. The recipients will be presented with their awards, and speak about their work, at the UFAW International Animal Welfare Conference taking place online, on 24-26 June 2025.
Legislative update: glue traps ban
17 January 2025
Under the Glue Traps (Offences) Act 2022, which went into full effect in July 2024, the use of glue traps by the public is illegal in England (exceptions exist for licensed pest control professionals under strict conditions). Similar bans have been enacted in Wales and Scotland under the Agriculture (Wales) Act 2023 and the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024, respectively.
