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FAWC advice to government

Advice given to government by the Farm Animal Welfare Committee (and its predecessor Council).

Updates to this page

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published:
4 July 2014
Last updated:
1 October 2019
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  1. Updated to reflect that FAWC has now been renamed to AWC and this document collection will no longer be updated.

  2. Added FAWC advice on animal sentience.

  3. Added the FAWC opinion on the welfare of cattle kept for beef production

  4. Added the report: Evidence and the welfare of farmed animals - part 2: evidence based decision making

  5. FAWC opinion on the welfare of animals killed on-farm added.

  6. Added 'FAWC advice on sustainable agriculture and farm animal welfare' and 'FAWC opinion on the health and wellbeing of farmers and farm animal welfare'.

  7. New advice added on free farrowing systems and calf nutrition.

  8. First published.

FAWC renamed to Animal Welfare Committee (1 October 2019)

FAWC has been renamed to Animal Welfare Committee (AWC).

This page will no longer be updated.

You can read more about the work Farm Animal Welfare Committee carried out.

The previous Farm Animal Welfare Committee website is available at The National Archive.

The Farm Animal Welfare Council website is also available at The National Archive.

Advice from the Farm Animal Welfare Committee

Advice prepared by the Welfare at Killing Standing Committee

Advice from the Farm Animal Welfare Council

The Farm Animal Welfare Council was established in 1979 and was closed on 31 March 2011, when its successor the Farm Animal Welfare Committee was created.

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