BC SPCA Farm Animal Links

Animal Welfare Links

Prepared by Farm Animal Welfare volunteer, Will Pulyk.

Note: The descriptions provided have been provided by the listed organization. The BC SPCA is not responsible for the content of these external sites.

Canadian Organizations

Governmental

Non-Governmental

Professional Associations

Industry

Guidelines & Legislation

University Research in Animal Welfare

US and International Organizations

Governmental

Non-Governmental

Professional Associations

Guidelines & Legislation

University Research in Animal Welfare

Educational Sites

Journals and Newsletters

Libraries

Canadian Organizations

Governmental

AAFC - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

CFIA - Canadian Food Inspection Agency

BC MAL - BC Ministry of Agriculture and Lands

Not-for-Profit

AWFC - Animal Welfare Foundation of Canada

A registered charity, administered by a volunteer Board of Directors concerned with issues of humane care of animals in Canada.

CAHC - Canadian Animal Health Coalition

A non-profit partnership of organizations, all recognizing their shared responsibility for an effective Canadian animal health system.

CCFA - Canadian Coalition for Farm Animals

A non-profit group, which aims to educate Canadians about the realities of factory farming and its impact on animals, promote more-humane consumer choices, and to achieve a legislated ban on battery cages and sow stalls in Canada through provincial and/or federal legislation.

CanFACT - Canadian Farm Animal Care Trust

Encourages the development and use of systems that subject farm animals to the minimum amount of stress, distress or injury in the rearing, transportation, and slaughter of these animals.

CFHS - Canadian Federation of Humane Societies

A national charitable organization working to improve conditions for all animals across Canada. As a national voice on animal welfare issues, CFHS represents over 100 member societies and branches across the country, and speaks collectively for more than 400,000 individuals.

WSPA Canada - World Society for the Protection of Animals (Canadian office)

WSPA is an animal welfare charity organization that works internationally and locally to end cruelty to animals through field work, campaigning, and education.

Professional Associations

BCVMA - British Columbia Veterinary Medical Association

The British Columbia Veterinary Medical Association is the statutory body created to serve the interests of the public and animals through the regulation and advancement of the veterinary profession in B.C. The BCVMA's mandate is to create, promote and enforce a high standard of qualification, conduct and competence by practitioners of veterinary medicine.

CVMA - Canadian Veterinary Medical Association

Through its Animal Welfare Committee, the CVMA concentrates its efforts on developing guidelines and standards that address the welfare, humane treatment, and care of animals.

CSZ - Canadian Society of Zoologists

A professional organization dedicated to the enhancement of education and research in zoology at the provincial, federal and international level. Membership is open to all persons interested in zoology - Students, Researchers, and Educators.

WCABP – Western Canadian Association of Bovine Practitioners

The voice of over 250 veterinarians specializing in the treatment of dairy and beef cattle in the four western provinces. Serves as an advocate on issues directly affecting members’ scope of practice and provides expert opinion to government, educational institutions, and other related industries on issues affecting the food animal industry.

Industry

AFAC - Alberta Farm Animal Care

A partnership of Alberta's major livestock groups with a mandate to promote responsible, humane animal care within the livestock industry; engage in discussion with the public about today's animal agriculture; monitor and participate in issues and legislation that affect animal care; and encourage research relevant to animal care.

CAHI - Canadian Animal Health Institute

The trade association representing animal health companies that develop, manufacture, and distribute animal health products.

CFA - Canadian Federation of Agriculture

A farmer-funded, national umbrella organization representing provincial general farm organization and national commodity groups. Through its members, it represents over 200,000 Canadian farm families from coast to coast.

COABC - Certified Organic Associations of British Columbia

Resources for consumers seeking organic produce, buyers wanting to check a farm's current organic certification status, or for people simply looking for information on organic growing and production in British Columbia.

Canadian Guidelines & Legislation

CARC - Canadian Agri-Food Research Council

Codes of practice and fact sheets for the care and handling of farm animals.

CCAC - Canadian Council for Animal Care

The national organization responsible for setting and maintaining standards for the care and use of animals in research, teaching, and testing throughout Canada.

Canadian University Research in Animal Welfare

University of Alberta - Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science

University of British Columbia - Animal Welfare Program

University of Guelph - Animal & Poultry Science

University of Guelph - Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare - CSAW

University of Prince Edward Island - Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre

University of Saskatchewan - Prairie Swine Centre

U.S. & International Organizations

Governmental

AWIC - Animal Welfare Information Center

AWIC is part of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Its web site provides information about the federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA), which is the law governing the humane treatment of animals in research, teaching, and testing.

Not-for-Profit

AWI – Animal Welfare Institute: Farm Animals

Non-profit charity founded in 1951. Promotes the “Five Freedoms” of humane animal treatment.

CIWF – Compassion in World Farming

UK organization focused on the abolition of factory farming systems and all other practices, technologies and trades which impose suffering on farmed animals. CIWF works to achieve this aim by hard-hitting campaigning, public education and vigorous political lobbying

FAWC - The Farm Animal Welfare Council

An independent advisory body established in the UK by the Government in 1979. Its terms of reference are to keep under review the welfare of farm animals on agricultural land, at market, in transit and at the place of slaughter; and to advise the Government of any legislative or other changes that may be necessary.

HSUS - Humane Society of the United States

Since its establishment in 1954, The HSUS has developed programs to take on animal abuse and exploitation wherever it occurs.

SAPL - Society for Animal Protective Legislation

Lobby group founded in 1955 which has worked for the successful enactment of over 15 federal laws regarding the humane treatment of animals.

SCAW - Scientists Center for Animal Welfare

A non-profit educational association of individuals and institutions whose mission is to promote the best practices of humane care, use, and management of animals involved in research, testing or education in laboratory, agricultural, wildlife or other settings.

UFAW - Universities Federation for Animal Welfare

A scientific and technical animal welfare organization in the UK established to improve the welfare of animals kept as pets, in zoos, laboratories, and on farms and of wild animals with which we interact. UFAW funds research, holds symposia, gives advice to Government and others and produces publications on animal welfare.

WAN - World Animal Net

The world's largest network of animal protection societies with consultative status at the United Nations.

Professional Associations

AVMA - American Veterinary Medical Association

A not-for-profit association representing more than 69,000 veterinarians working in private and corporate practice, government, industry, academia, and uniformed services. The authorized voice for the profession in presenting its views to government, academia, agriculture, pet owners, the media, and other concerned publics.

Guidelines & Legislation

Guidelines for the Humane Slaughter of Livestock

U.S. Department of Agriculture Code of Federal Regulations

NOSB - National Organic Standards Board: Livestock

U.S Department of Agriculture reports and recommendations concerning organic certification of livestock.

U.S. Animal Welfare Act

Full text of Animal Welfare Act including summaries from the Animal Welfare Information Center

University Research in Animal Welfare

Animal Behavior Graduate Group: U of C Davis

Led by Joy Mench, research focuses on the assessment and improvement of animal welfare. I am particularly interested in developing environmental enrichment strategies for small laboratory animals (rodents, rabbits) and captive/domesticated birds. In addition, I conduct behavioral research on poultry (chickens, quail, ducks) directed toward improving aspects of their housing, handling, and management.

Animal Welfare: University of Michigan State

Exploring the importance of mothers, the impact of stress, and why it's good to be kind to animals.

CAAT - Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing - John Hopkins University

Promotes the use of alternatives to animal testing through the "three Rs," which refers to efforts to refine tests to lessen animal pain and distress, reduce the number of animals needed for a test, and replace animals with non-animal methods or lower-order animals.

Center for Animals and Public Policy: Tufts University

The mission of Tufts Center for Animals and Public Policy, founded in 1983, is to promote the welfare of animals and improve human/animal relationships. This goal is achieved via issue-driven research and analysis, education, and the dissemination of credible information to policy makers and to the public.

Center for Food Animal well Being: Purdue University

The centre's mission is to advance the understanding of interactions between food animal productivity and well-being to enable a scientific and public policy climate which promotes animal well-being and supports economically viable food animal production systems.

Washington State University: Department of Animal Science

Research in the animal well-being group is directed at understanding effects of different environmental conditions, and previous experience, on animal behavior and well-being. Particular attention paid to the social environment of animals and the management of group-housed animals. This information is used to develop housing systems that optimize animal well-being.

Educational Sites

Animals in Research Questions and Answers

A brief American Physiological Society resource page concerning the use of animals as test subjects.

University of California-Davis Center for Animal Alternatives

Disseminate up-to-date information concerning animal alternatives through every level of public and private education. It also seeks to provide investigators who use animals with information on the most current methods for improving all aspects of animal care during their work.

Journals & Newsletters

Humane Innovations and Alternatives Journal

Current issue of this journal available for online viewing. Back issues available on request.

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

A joint project of the Society and Animals Forum and The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Publishes articles and reports discussing methods of experimentation, husbandry, and care that enhance the welfare of animals in laboratories, farms, homes, and the wild.

List of Online Veterinary Journals

Large resource for veterinary journals available online through The University of Montreal

Shape of Enrichment

Volunteer organization founded in 1991 to further animal enrichment efforts worldwide. Distributes a quarterly publication which acts as an open forum dedicated to exchanging enrichment ideas among animal caretakers.

Society and Animals Journal

The journal publishes studies concerning experiences of nonhuman animals from psychology, sociology, anthropology, political science, and other social sciences and history, literary criticism, and other disciplines of the humanities.

Libraries

National Agricultural Library

One of the world's largest and most accessible agricultural research libraries and plays a vital role in supporting research, education, and applied agriculture.


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