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FAWC Annual Review 2009-2010 (PDF 2MB).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
| Title |
Date published |
| Report on the Welfare of Sheep: PB 1755 |
1994 |
| Guidelines on the Welfare of Farmed Ostriches |
1993 |
| Report on Priorities for Animal Welfare Research and Development:
PB 1310 |
1993 |
| Report on the Welfare of Broiler Chickens: PB 0910 |
1992 |
| Report on the Welfare of Laying Hens in Colony Systems: PB 0734 |
1991 |
| Report on the European Commission Proposals on the Transport of
Animals: PB 0687 |
1991 |
| Advice to Ministers on the Handling and Transport of Poultry: PB
0125 |
1990 |
| Report on the Enforcement Working Group: PB 0124 |
1990 |
| Report on the Priorities in Animal Welfare Research and Development |
1988 |
| Advice to Agriculture Ministers on Transportation of Unfit Animals |
1988 |
| Assessment of Pig Production Systems |
1988 |
| Report on the Welfare of Livestock at Markets |
1986 |
| An Assessment of Egg Production Systems |
1986 |
| Report on the Welfare of Livestock when Slaughtered by Religious
Methods |
1985 |
| Report on the Welfare of Farmed Deer |
1985 |
| Report on the Welfare of Livestock (Red Meat Animals) at the Time
of Slaughter |
1984 |
| Report on the Welfare of Poultry at the Time of Slaughter |
1982 |
| Advice to the Agriculture Ministers of Great Britain on the Need
to Control Certain Mutilations of Farm Animals |
1981 |
| Report on the Animal Welfare Implications of the Harvesting of Deer
Antlers in Velvet |
1980 |