The Royal Dutch Veterinary Association KNMvD (Beroepsvereniging Voor Dierenartsen) strives, in cooperation with other associations involved in Animal Welfare, Kynology and Genetics, to achieve a healthier and more social ‘friendly’ dog population. This project is called FairDog. Check out the webpage. In this project they deal with different sources of dogs. That is why they
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A multidisciplinary approach to animal welfare and inmate rehabilitation The idea of rehabilitating inmates through human-animal interaction programs is not new; but given the situation in Romanian penitentiaries and animal welfare in Romania, this kind of project was almost unthinkable in the spring of 2016 when it all started. Though there had been some
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In 2009, the Law of Animal Welfare in Serbia was established. I deliberately say “established” instead of “implemented”, because now in 2019, even after ten years, we are still waiting for this law to fully come to life. According to many experts, the Law of Animal Welfare is one of the best in the Balkans
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A few months ago I came across information about a large number of stray and abandoned animals in Ukraine and this triggered some questions about animal welfare and shelter medicine. USAVA congress was an ideal place to talk to colleagues and the perfect opportunity to negotiate guidelines for veterinarians. Discussed topics included: welfare, vaccination protocols,
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