With the holiday season upon us, reviewing safety precautions for our pets can keep them healthy and us happy.

The difference between animal rights and animal welfare has been summed up like this: Animal rights advocates are campaigning for no cages, while animal welfarists are campaigning for bigger cages.

Our People include principal investigators, postdocs, postgraduate research students, research assistants and technicians. See our team. We Co-host the BBSRC Animal Welfare Research Network (AWRN) ...

This motion recognises that animals are able to feel pain and suffering. Animal welfare must therefore be protected and included in any new laws passed on farming, fisheries and trade. Liberal ...

On August 24, the Laboratory Animal Welfare Act (P.L. 89-544) is signed into law. The Act sets minimum standards of care and housing for dogs, cats, primates, rabbits, hamsters and guinea pigs in the ...

Courtesy: Cirque du Soleil In 1917, the publication of a posthumous novel captivated American animal welfare activists. Written by Jack London shortly before he died, Michael, Brother of Jerry ...

The team is led by Co-Directors Craig Johnson and Ngaio Beausoleil and Technical Director, Neil Ward. We conduct a broad range of research at the Animal Welfare Science and Bioethics Centre that spans ...

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) seeks to improve the treatment of animals everywhere—in the laboratory, on the farm, in commerce, at home, and in the wild. Over the seven decades that AWI has been ...

The Certificate in Animal Welfare aims to help students gain specialized knowledge on the well-being of animals managed ethically by humans. The certificate provides a range of theory, evaluation of ...

Sir, – The new European Commission is to include a commissioner dedicated to animal welfare for the first time in its history. Hungary’s Olivér Várhelyi has been nominated and is awaiting ...

Animal Welfare Day is observed annually on October 4 to raise awareness about animal rights and conservation. The day aims to inform people about the essential protection and care of animals while ...

Halal meat is a key part of Islam and was conceived on the principle of compassionate and humane slaughter of animals for food. Yet the traditional slaughter of animals, when they are not stunned ...