Independent report

AWC opinions 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; immediate and medium to longer term impacts.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 4 June 2020
• Last updated: 3 December 2020 — See all updates

Documents

AWC opinion on the animal welfare issues related to COVID-19

PDF, 425 KB, 22 pages

AWC second opinion on the animal welfare issues related to COVID-19

PDF, 298 KB, 23 pages

Details

These Animal Welfare Committee opinions assess the immediate and the medium to longer term 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 documents cover 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.

Published 4 June 2020
Last updated 3 December 2020 + show all updates

1. 3 December 2020

   Added second AWC opinion on the animal welfare issues related to COVID-19: medium to longer term impacts.

2. 4 June 2020

   First published.