Our Discussion Forums offer veterinary & animal welfare professionals a platform to engage with, discuss and reflect on some of the most pressing and controversial animal welfare issues. Over the years we have covered important legislation topics such as: Animal establishment licensing, The Animal Welfare Act, and Unnecessary suffering – a legal perspective. We have highlighted a few of our legislation sessions below.
Don’t forget to download our reflective learning guide to help you get the most out of our sessions. For some of our videos we have put together a list of questions for you to consider whilst watching, so be sure to read the video descriptions for these.
Our speaker Mark Berry from Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council, who was intimately involved in discussions on the new animal activity licensing rules, provides an update and discusses how we can make the best of proposed regulations.
Ten years after its anniversary, we looked at what has changed as a result of the Animal Welfare Act of 2006. The Act advanced animal welfare legislation and introduced preventive action. But what are the views of those who are there to enforce it? We compare how it was meant to work with how it is actually working for those who interact with the Act on a daily basis.
Michael Park, Veterinary Lead Scotland (APHA), looks at the successes and limitations of the Act from a large animal perspective
