Latest news
Latest news, press releases and blogs from the Wild Animal Welfare Committee.
WAWC calls for review of lethal traps
New RSPB policy ‘a step in the right direction’
WAWC welcomes Stephen Wickens as full member
Welcome to the new WAWC website
Calling all researchers - topics of interest
The WAWC has identified a number of wildlife welfare issues which merit further scientific inquiry, for example in the form of an undergraduate or Masters project.
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.
WAWC Conference snapshot
