#Act4 LabAnimals The limitations of animal experimentation in improving human healthcare is overwhelming, but more than 11 million animals are still used in research every year in the EU alone. New book proposes ways to move away from animal experimentation 11 March 2019 ADI
#Act4 Wildlife ‘If you target certain pockets, you are disrupting the social network and making them move around lots, and this can spread the disease’ Badger cull may actually make TB spread worse, UK scientists warna 3 March 2019
#Act4 Aquatics The Animal Welfare Category will recognise initiatives that have improved the welfare of farmed or wild animals. UK’s Aquaculture Awards now include animal welfare category 7 February 2019
#Act4 Aquatics An interactive online course on the health and welfare of Atlantic salmon has been launched by Benchmark’s Fish Vet Group and Knowledge Services today. The welfare of Atlantic salmon is the focus of an online course for British fish farmers 4 February 2019
#Act4 Wildlife Fish and chip shops and fishmongers are selling endangered sharks to an unwitting public, according to researchers who used DNA barcoding to identify species on sale. UK fish and chip shops are selling endangered sharks, DNA tests prove 31 January 2019
#Act4 Wildlife Londoners are taking so much cocaine that it has seeped into the city’s famous River Thames, new research by King’s College London has discovered, prompting concerns over what it is doing to the river’s wildlife. London record levels of cocaine could make Thames’ eels high 22 January 2019
#Act4 Wildlife A new study, published in the Journal of Veterinary Behaviour concluded that snakes should not be confined to enclosures that prevent them from fully stretching their bodies. Give snakes some space 21 January 2019 APA
#Act4 FarmAnimals Abattoirs will need to install CCTV cameras in all areas where there are live animals under new laws to be introduced by the Scottish government. CCTV cameras soon compulsory in Scottish abattoirs 9 January 2019
#Act4 Equines On October 31 World Horse Welfare held a thought-provoking annual conference hosting speakers from across the international equine sector. “Changing Times”: 2018 Annual Conference 5 November 2018 WHW
#Act4 Equines The Donkey Sanctuary and World Horse Welfare held high-level talks at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly last week to highlight the vital contribution of working horses, donkeys and mules in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Working equines’ welfare important for achieving UN Sustainable Development Goals 11 October 2018
#Act4 Aquatics The report looks at the life cycle, sentience and individuality in salmon before exploring in detail the many welfare issues faced by farmed salmon. New investigation and report: “Fish welfare on Scotland’s salmon farms” 10 August 2018 OneKind
#Act4 Wildlife A major animal transport operation took place across Europe: five tigers have being transferred from the rescue centre AAP Primadomus in the small town of Villena, in South-East Spain, to Isle of Wight Zoo, in the English Channel. Five ex-circus tigers en-route to new future in the UK 24 June 2018