Sentences with phrase «public animal welfare»

SEAACA was formed to improve the level of service, care for animals and humane education provided by private and public animal welfare agencies in the region.

The NMHP conference will be held October 10 - 13, 2013, and will bring together a variety of people dedicated to saving the lives of homeless pets: leaders of the no - kill movement; experts in animal care and behavior, marketing and fundraising; professionals from private and public animal welfare organizations and volunteers.

In science news around the world, the National Institutes of Health expands the definition of clinical trials, the U.S. Department of Agriculture restores previously public animal welfare records, seismologists fear the loss of a key research vessel, Brazil's indigenous tribes win land rights, and China's — and the world's — largest radio telescope gets a no - fly zone.

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Corporations agree: «It makes so much sense that you would expect decisions like these to be made with your senior management, starting with your CEO,» says Tod MacKenzie, Aramark's head of public affairs, who also worked on animal welfare policies with Balk and HSUS at DineEquity, owner of the IHOP and Applebee's brands.

The Organic Trade Association said that USDA continues to flagrantly disregard and refuse to consider the overwhelming support from the public for the organic animal welfare rule.

Efforts include: Advance producers» awareness of emerging animal welfare issues; Provide information and education to improve animal care skills; support scientific research to enhance animal well - being; provide information for greater public understanding and awareness about producers commitment to providing humane care.

Meatless Monday is a national and international campaign that encourages people to enjoy meat free meals on Mondays to improve their personal and public health, animal welfare, wildlife protection, and environmental and agricultural sustainability.

Following the release of these findings, The HSUS filed complaints with the SEC and FTC, alleging that Seaboard makes grossly false and misleading statements about animal welfare to shareholders, potential investors and the public, including that the company uses the «most humane practices.»

The next three years will see a number of issues relevant to rural voters feature in the public debate, including the re-regulation of the sugar industry and a renewed focus on animal welfare.

Other Australian supermarket chains are also responding to public concern about animal welfare.

Transforming the way public institutions purchase food by creating a transparent and equitable food system built on five core values: local economies, health, valued workforce, animal welfare, and environmental sustainability.

We believe that this is an important step towards giving clarity and reassurance to the public, strengthening the profession and raising awareness of what veterinary nurses can do and enhancing animal welfare.»

It means that there is potential for the public to be misled and for animal health and welfare to be compromised.

Following a public consultation exercise in 2010 with animal welfare organisations and the circus industry, the Government decided against a ban, and instead published a «tough new licensing scheme» in May 2011, which Defra said would ensure that any circuses in England wishing to show wild animals «will need to demonstrate that they meet high animal welfare standards» before they are granted a licence to keep those animals.

To deliver a thriving animal medicines sector, post-Brexit, NOAH has set out a series of priorities that will: - Support trade and innovation - Safeguard animal health and welfare and public health and food safety; ensuring that UK veterinarians and animal keepers continue to have access to a wide range of appropriate veterinary medicines.

It was not designed to improve animal welfare, but to create technical offences to get at a certain type of person, while all along fooling the public that some good would be done.

This is the situation which should be addressed if animal welfare is to be genuinely improved, not the simplistic and prejudiced attack on one particular method, fuelled by loaded public opinion polls, blinkered animal rightist claims and cheap, ill - informed headlines.

I challenged David Cameron to stop the badger cull not only due to rising costs, animal welfare concerns and public anger, but also because of widespread criminal activity, which threatens the future of a species which is protected by law and has lived on this land for 300,000 years.

The truth is that the public care deeply about the welfare of animals.

To deliver a thriving animal medicines sector, post-Brexit, NOAH has set out a series of priorities that will: Support trade and innovation Safeguard animal health and welfare and public health and food safety; ensuring that UK veterinarians and animal keepers continue to have access to a wide range of appropriate veterinary medicines.

However, the animal welfare and public health implications of these methods have been a growing cause of concern for the public.

We are looking to recruit professional animal welfare volunteer personnel from all sectors of the public.

HSUS also noted that the agency has failed to repost documents that it agreed to make public under the terms of a 2009 legal settlement with the animal welfare group.

Now, animal welfare organizations are suing the agency in two U.S. courts, demanding that the inspection reports, warning letters, and other enforcement documents be restored to public view.

All argued that the lack of transparency would damage public trust and enforcement of animal welfare laws.

The move comes after a public outcry that included, in the last few days: a lawsuit by animal welfare groups; a letter of protest sent to the agency from 18 Senate Democrats; and this letter to President Donald Trump, sent by a bipartisan group of 101 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, demanding that the information be immediately reposted on the public website.

There was an outcry from both animal welfare groups and animal research defenders 13 months ago when the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) blacked out a public database containing thousands of animal welfare inspection reports, as well as records of enforcement actions that USDA took against violators of the Animal Welfare Act, including research facilanimal welfare groups and animal research defenders 13 months ago when the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) blacked out a public database containing thousands of animal welfare inspection reports, as well as records of enforcement actions that USDA took against violators of the Animal Welfare Act, including research facilanimal research defenders 13 months ago when the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) blacked out a public database containing thousands of animal welfare inspection reports, as well as records of enforcement actions that USDA took against violators of the Animal Welfare Act, including research facilanimal welfare inspection reports, as well as records of enforcement actions that USDA took against violators of the Animal Welfare Act, including research facilAnimal Welfare Act, including research facilities.

«The Parliament has produced a charter for the multibillion - pound animal - research industry to carry on business as usual, with scant regard either for animal welfare or public opinion,» says Michelle Thew, chief executive of the European Coalition to End Animal Experianimal - research industry to carry on business as usual, with scant regard either for animal welfare or public opinion,» says Michelle Thew, chief executive of the European Coalition to End Animal Experianimal welfare or public opinion,» says Michelle Thew, chief executive of the European Coalition to End Animal ExperiAnimal Experiments.

Attention to the welfare of wild animals may also attract more public support for conservation initiatives.

Most research using monkeys, baboons, and other nonhuman primates in the United Kingdom produces results that justify the animal welfare costs, according to a comprehensive review made public today.

Also today, a group of animal welfare organizations took another step in its lawsuit demanding that USDA restore to full public access the two user - friendly databases that formerly cataloged all of the agency's AWA documents, from annual reports of registered facilities to inspection reports and enforcement actions.

As both a public health and animal welfare issue, finding a way to control Campylobacter infection is a priority for the poultry industry.

More than 100 scientists, animal welfare officers, representatives of advocacy groups and stakeholders from different countries met for a 2 - day conference in San Francisco to discuss how to improve transparency and to increase the public understanding of the essential contributions that animal research makes to modern life science and biomedical research.

In addition, phenotype data and an animal welfare catalogue will be recorded in a public phenotype database such as IMPC.

Beth Caffrey, Head of the Public Relations team, has worked in the animal welfare profession for over a decade, and she told us the Cat House on the Kings relies on its volunteers to help them care for thousands of kittens, cats, and other animals.

Although there were established societies devoted to the prevention of cruelty to animals in both the UK and the U.S., it wasn't until the late 1800s that significant legislative and public attention finally started to focus on the welfare of children.

The ninety - nine cent price of a fast - food hamburger simply doesn't take account of that meal's true cost — to soil, oil, public health, the public purse, etc., costs which are never charged directly to the consumer but, indirectly and invisibly, to the taxpayer (in the form of subsidies), the health care system (in the form of food - borne illnesses and obesity), and the environment (in the form of pollution), not to mention the welfare of the workers in the feedlot and the slaughterhouse and the welfare of the animals themselves.

This action plunges journalists, animal welfare organizations, and the public at large into the dark about animal welfare at facilities across the country.

In 2014, total pet industry spending topped $ 60 billion, and yet, according to a recent survey commissioned by PIJAC and completed by TargetPoint research, the pet industry had a 30 - percent public approval rating, compared to animal welfare organizations that had 76 percent public approval.

Animal welfare organizations agree that the review of pet ownership and welfare policies is much needed and are happy that the public will be involved in formulating the new policies.

However, the overpopulation can only be effectively dealt with when coupled with a community - based aggressive spay and neuter campaign and public education regarding animal health and welfare.

The Oklahoma City Animal Welfare Division is responsible for promoting public health and safety, for temporarily sheltering and providing humane disposition of unwanted or lost animals, and for promoting animal welfare so that pet ownership is a pleasure for owners without becoming a burden to the commAnimal Welfare Division is responsible for promoting public health and safety, for temporarily sheltering and providing humane disposition of unwanted or lost animals, and for promoting animal welfare so that pet ownership is a pleasure for owners without becoming a burden to the commanimal welfare so that pet ownership is a pleasure for owners without becoming a burden to the community.

The fact is that the low - income and public services provided by animal welfare organizations in southeastern Oklahoma save money for the cities and counties and are major contributors to quality of life in the area.

However, in small cities in Oklahoma it is typical for a part time worker to manage the shelter and be responsible for other public works as well; animal welfare often takes a back seat.

based aggressive spay and neuter campaign and public education regarding animal health and welfare.

Temma Martin is a public relations specialist for Best Friends Animal Society, a national animal welfare organization dedicated exclusively to ending the killing of dogs and cats in America's sheAnimal Society, a national animal welfare organization dedicated exclusively to ending the killing of dogs and cats in America's sheanimal welfare organization dedicated exclusively to ending the killing of dogs and cats in America's shelters.

The Oklahoma Animal Care Foundation is committed to improving the health and welfare of animals in Oklahoma through education, public service and disaster response activities.

The review was conducted in consultation with stakeholders such as dog owners, animal welfare groups, veterinarians and the general public.

Rally Around the Pits, Inc. is a small non-profit organization organized for charitable, humane, and educational purposes, including to educate the public about animal welfare and pet adoption.

Mechler points out that the rabies component could dramatically increase the number of public agencies willing and able to administer the product, essentially taking some of the burden off of the animal welfare community while increasing efficiency in animal welfare efforts.