Document type: article published in the Irish Farmers Journal
Author: Noel Bardon
Preview: The farm animal welfare advisory council has launched the Farmer and Animal Welfare Network (FAWN), which will seek to identify and prevent animal welfare incidents before they become "critical or overwhelming.
FAWN will take over from Early Warning System devised by the Department of Agriculture and stakeholders in 2004, with increased farmer engagement an aim of the new network. [...]"Animal welfare is increasingly important to Irish citizens and we are ever more aware of the interrelationship between the welfare of animals and human health and well-being."
"FAWN seeks to embrace the 'One Health, One Welfare' ethos by recognising this interconnectedness and assisting the farming community in avoiding and alleviating animal welfare concerns through positive interaction with our network of FAWN groupings.
"Delivering high animal welfare standards is a job for everyone in our society, for those who own, care for, or are responsible of animals, whether on farm or at home," he commented.
