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Working together to promote good animal welfare for all companion animals
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The goal of the AWWC is to make animal welfare an everyday consideration for small animal practitioners and to ensure that the WSAVA is a proactive and respected partner within international welfare circles, by combining advocacy with mutual respect and consensus building.
The AWWC’s objectives are to:
- educate and motivate veterinarians and their teams to continuously improve animal welfare by promoting good practice guidelines, building capacity, and raising awareness
- address animal welfare issues through collaborations with other WSAVA committees or external partners and the education of veterinary teams
In 2018, the AWWC launched its Animal Welfare Global Guidelines for Companion Animal Practitioners and the Veterinary Team. They aim to bridge differing perceptions of welfare around the world and help veterinarians to tackle the ethical questions and moral issues that impact welfare. They also offer guidance to ensure that, in addition to providing physical health advice and therapy to their patients, veterinarians advocate for their psychological, social and environmental wellbeing.
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If you haven’t had an opportunity to read them yet, an Executive Summary and the full Global Guidelines are available for free download from our website at: https://bit.ly/2zBGd5L
The AWWC team is currently working to identify key global companion animal welfare issues – including puppy mills, humane dog training, improving shelters, the effect of domestic violence on pets and the dog meat trade. It develops position statements on these issues and links up with other WSAVA Committees and international partners to raise awareness and put forward solutions.
Dr. Natasha Lee
AWWC Committee Chair
The field of animal welfare is very wide and the composition of our committee reflects this.”
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Our members include representatives from academia, non-governmental organisations, consultants, as well as those in practice. They bring a wide range of expertise including animal welfare science, shelter medicine, rabies control and companion animal population management.
“We are also delighted to have recently welcomed our first IVSA Student Ambassador Adinda Rana from Indonesia. It’s great to have her on the team.”
“We could not do our work without the great support we receive from the WSAVA’s Diamond Partner 
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On behalf of the whole AWWC, I’d like to say a very big thank you to them.”