Animal Welfare Committee (AWC) opinion on the animal welfare issues related to COVID-19

Animal Welfare Committee assessment of the risks to animal welfare occurring as a result of COVID-19 controls.

This Animal Welfare Committee opinion assesses the immediate risks to animal welfare in the UK farmed animal, companion animal and kept wild animal sectors as a result of COVID-19 pandemic controls.

The document covers the impact of these animal welfare risks and the actions that might be taken to overcome them.

You can read more about the work of the Animal Welfare Committee.

...follow the link to read the report on the GOV.UK website...