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Latest news, press releases and blogs from the Wild Animal Welfare Committee.
Wildlife legislation must recognise welfare needs of sentient marine mammals
Experts who attended a ground-breaking workshop held in London at the end of 2019 have published a report on UK marine mammal welfare.
Taking and killing of birds under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981: WAWC review of animal welfare
The WAWC has today (9 October 2019) published a review of the animal welfare implications of the taking and killing of wild birds under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
Conference report: Who are the guardians of wild animal welfare?
The WAWC’s second conference on Wednesday 27 March 2019 set out to answer some big questions about wild animal welfare.