Document type: Welsh Government Action Plan Welsh Government
Authors: The Wales Animal Health and Welfare Framework Group
Preview: Background: The Wales Animal Health and Welfare Framework ("the Framework") was launched in July 2014. It sets out a ten-year overarching plan for improving standards of animal health and welfare in Wales. The Framework also seeks to protect public health and make a contribution to the economy and the environment.
The Framework considers the health and welfare of all kept animals including farmed animals (including aquaculture and apiculture), companion animals, zoo animals and animals involved in sport. Wildlife is also covered where our actions affect the health and welfare of animals in the wild, or where there is a risk of wildlife transmitting disease to other animals or humans.
The Framework seeks to achieve five strategic outcomes through the adoption of five key principles, which continue to be the drivers for this Implementation Plan.
Strategic outcomes:
- Wales has healthy productive animals;
- Animals in Wales have a good quality of life;
- People trust and have confidence in the way food is produced and the way public health is protected;
- Wales has a thriving rural economy;
- Wales has a high quality environment.
Key principles:
- Promoting the benefits of animal health and welfare, according to the mantra - prevention is better than cure;
- Understanding and accepting roles and responsibilities;
- Working partnership;
- Ensuring a clearer understanding of costs and benefits;
- Delivering and enforcing standards effectively.
Paper reported in FarmingUK on 5 January 2022: New action plan aims to boost livestock welfare in Wales
