Farm Animal Welfare Council (nominated the first time in 2009)
Link to website: http://elaintenhyvinvointikeskus.edublogs.org/
This is the website or blog of the Finnish centre for animal welfare, and the Finnish FAWC communicates for the time being through this site.
Logo --
Scope
To improve farm animal welfare in Finland in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture, other authorities and other parties in farm animal production.
Mission statement --
Short outline of structure
The Finnish FAWC includes fifteen members and their personal deputies in addition to the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson. It has a broad representation from all the central participants in production animal welfare, from producer to consumer, in accordance with the field-to-farm principle. The members represent practical agricultural expertise, animal welfare, social and economic sciences, ethical concerns on production animal husbandry, animal protection officers, practical animal protection control, voluntary animal protection societies, agricultural advisory organizations, food industry, retailers and consumers.
Short outline of working methods
The Finnish FAWC assists the Ministry on production animal welfare issues and policy formulation. The Council monitors and assesses production animal welfare status in Finland. It makes proposals for the Ministry on improvements in welfare and evaluates initiatives and suggestions on production animal welfare issues. The Council can use three national networks in its work: namely, The Research Centre for Animal Welfare, The Finnish Centre for Animal Welfare and The AniWel Graduate School.
Working titles of future reports
The Finnish FAWC has issued statements concerning the dehorning of calves, castration of piglets, animal welfare research and education, and common information on animal welfare and animal keeping. The statements are published in Finnish and will be published in English soon.
http://www.mmm.fi/fi/index/etusivu/elaimet/tehvnk.html
The Finnish Centre for Animal Welfare is preparing the first major report on animal welfare in Finland. It will be discussed in the Council in autumn 2011, and the summary will be published in English.
http://elaintenhyvinvointikeskus.edublogs.org
Contact details
The Finnish FAWC Chairman
Hannu Saloniemi
Professor, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ECVPH
The Finnish FAWC Secretary
Satu Raussi, PhD
Head of the Finnish centre for animal welfare
PB 27
00014 University of Helsinki
Finland
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