FAWC Reports

Government responses to a number of the Council's reports are in the Animal Welfare Publications Section of the Defra Animal Welfare Website.

Recent reports

• FAWC Final Report (PDF 270 KB) - This report was published in March 2011 before its closure on 31 March 2011.  This contains details of the advice published, communications and activity during 2010-2011 and the ongoing work that will be passed to the new Farm Animal Welfare Committee for completion.

• FAWC Annual Review 2009-2010 (PDF 2MB).

• Report on Farm Animal Welfare in Great Britain: Past, Present and Future (PDF 500KB). This review of farm animal welfare policy looks back at developments since the Brambell Report in 1965 and makes recommendations that will improve farm animal welfare into the future. A press release (PDF 20KB) has been issued.

• Report on the Welfare of Farmed Animals at Slaughter or Killing – Part Two: White Meat Animals.  This is the second report dealing with the welfare of farmed animals at slaughter or killing and was published in May 2009.  This Report contains the Council’s views on the welfare of farmed poultry and rabbits at slaughter or killing.  It makes a number of recommendations that aim to improve the standard of animal welfare before and during slaughter or killing.

• FAWC Report on the Implications of Castration and Tail Docking for the Welfare of Lambs – This report was published in June 2008 and considers the implications of these two operations for the welfare of lambs. It follows up recommendation made in our 1994 Report on the Welfare of Sheep and considers evidence produced since then in reaching its conclusions, which aim to minimise the suffering arising from castration and tail docking.

• FAWC Report on Stockmanship and Farm Animal Welfare - This report was published in June 2007 offering Council's views on good stockmanship. This report addresses the challenge of providing effective education and training for livestock farmers and stockmen and makes a number of recommendations on improvements.

• Report on Welfare Labelling - This report was published in June 2006 offering Council's views on the labelling of livestock-based products in relation to the welfare of farmed animals. It makes recommendations to improve the welfare of farmed animals through appropriate labelling.

Hard copies are available from the FAWC Secretariat.

PB Number	Titles available on-line	Date published
	FAWC Final Report (PDF 270 KB)	March 2011
	Annual Review 2009-2010 (PDF 2MB)	July 2010
	Report on Farm Animal Welfare in Great Britain: Past, Present and Future (PDF 500KB).	October 2009
	Annual Review 2008/2009 (610 KB)	July 2009
	Report on the Welfare of Farmed Animals at Slaughter or Killing – Part Two: White Meat Animals. (500 KB)	May 2009
	Annual Review 2007/2008 (3 MB - Please note this is a large file)	July 2008
	Report on the implications of castration and tail docking for the welfare of lambs (PDF 550KB)	June 2008
	Annual Review 2006/2007 (787 KB)	June 2007
	Report on Stockmanship and Farm Animal Welfare (145 KB)	June 2007
	Report on Welfare Labelling (143 KB)	June 2006
	Annual Review 2005/2006 (1.86 MB)	June 2006
	Annual Review 2004/2005 (2 MB - Please note this is a large file)	June 2005
	Welfare of Farmed Animals at Gatherings (629 KB)	June 2005
	Welfare Implications of Farm Assurance Schemes (963 KB)	June 2005
	Annual Review 2003/2004 (2 MB - Please note this is a large file)	2004
	Report on the Welfare Implications of Animal Breeding and Breeding Technologies in Commercial Agriculture (546 KB)	2004
8348	FAWC Annual Review Report 2002/2003 (229 KB)	2003
8347	Report on the Welfare of Farmed Animals at Slaughter or Killing - Part 1: Red Meat Animals (595 KB)	2003
6455	FMD 2001 and Animal Welfare: lessons for the future Contents and Foreword (97 KB) Body of Report (210 KB)	2002
5797	Interim Report on the Animal Welfare Implications of Farm Assurance Schemes (141 KB)	2001
	Advice to Ministers on Welfare Implications for Low Value and Surplus Farm Animals 2001	2001
	FAWC Annual Reviews in format for the years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001	1999 2000 2001 2002
	Advice on the Enforcement of Animal Welfare Legislation	1999
4132	Report on the Implications of Cloning for the Welfare of Farmed Livestock	1998
3907	Report on the Welfare of Broiler Breeders	1998
3797	Farm Animal Welfare Council Annual Report 1997	1997
3426	Report on the Welfare of Dairy Cattle	1997
3221	Report on the Welfare of Laying Hens	1997
2765	Report on the Welfare of Farmed Fish	1996
2608	Report on the Welfare of Pigs Kept Outdoors	1996
2033	Report on the Welfare of Turkeys	1995