International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)

🌍🐾 Exciting news! @ifaw_org is stepping into the future with our first #Web3 token! 🚀 By joining our token ecosystem, you’re directly supporting global animal welfare initiatives 🌱💙 🔗 CA: FvmjLhFdyuLGivt6rCte1FFFS1eWkNgyTwBcCcYrpump #Blockchain4Good #AnimalWelfare

🇺🇸 Today, Colorado’s highest court will hear a milestone #AnimalLaw case and have the opportunity to extend justice to five elephants suffering in a US zoo. 🔎 Visit nonhumanrights.org/colorado to learn more about this case. #FreeTheCMZElephants

🇪🇺 Today's agenda includes the hearing of the Commissioner-designate for Health and Animal Welfare in the EU Parliament. 🐰Commissioner-designate @OliverVarhelyi, citizens are eager to see the proposals for revised animal welfare legislation, which should include a ban on caged farming!

🟢We welcome Commissioner-designate Várhelyi’s commitment to #EndTheCageAge. 🔴However, his answers sidestepped other crucial animal protection issues, particularly the need for comprehensive of EU farm animal welfare laws. ⛓️‍💥Enforcement actions are insufficient to address the systemic cruelty in EU animal agriculture. Animals need change now!

💔 BREAKING: The EU’s anti-deforestation law has just been gutted! The @EPPGroup & far-right forces have stripped away critical provisions, undermining efforts to reduce the environmental impact of EU consumption on global forests. What a disgrace! #EUDR #Together4Forests

Germany & Denmark 🇩🇪🇩🇰 urge EU ministers to back plant protein production for food! Supported by 🇨🇿🇪🇪🇮🇪🇱🇺, they're calling for a European Protein Strategy to reduce the environmental & climate impact of food & feed consumption. 🌱🌍 More here ▶️ bit.ly/48PMF5u

🔎🌱 In its latest report, the European Court of Auditors @EUauditors highlighted the lack of rules defining the terms "vegan" and "vegetarian," which can mislead consumers who wish to leave animals off their plates. Read the report ▸ eca.europa.eu/en/publication…

🔔 Update: The Bern Convention's Downgrades Wolf Protection Status 🐺Today, the Standing Committee of the Bern Convention voted to reduce protections for wolves in Europe. ❌ This vote is a serious setback for animal protection efforts and puts animals at even greater risk.

Dear @CHansenEU , #FoodSystemTransformation is in your grasp🤝 By developing an EU Action Plan for #PlantBased Foods by 2026, you could have an amazing impact on the EU’s food system’s competitiveness, animal welfare, climate change, and more. Read more: bit.ly/3WQkVcj

Animal Welfare is now fully #openaccess! Published by @CambridgeUP on behalf of @UFAW_1926, the journal publishes the results of peer-reviewed scientific research, technical studies, surveys and reviews relating to the welfare of animals ➡️ cambridge.org/awf

A new year and new era for @AW_TheJournal If you want to know more, do check the article by @HuwGolledge & @Birte_L_Nielsen doi.org/10.1017/awf.20… I'm also delighted to be part of the team as a section editor. We aim to be more accessible and efficient! Submissions welcomed!🙂

The destructive wildfires in Los Angeles County continue to rage, and while people flee for safety, the fires are also taking an immeasurable toll on wildlife. Learn more and support animals and people impacted by the fires: g.ifaw.org/3Co54KK Photos: © Pasadena Humane

This #WorldAquaticAnimalDay, read the first paper to consider the severity of ship-strike on individual whale welfare. 29 cetacean and welfare experts considered six hypothetical but realistic case studies involving humpback whales struck by ships ➡️ ow.ly/EyNJ50NwXRc

New paper! This study used semi-structured interviews to understand dairy farmers' and cattle hauliers' attitudes towards cull dairy cow transport. The study also explored the impact of updated Canadian federal regulations on knowledge and practices ➡️doi.org/10.1017/awf.20…

This paper by Guo and Meijboom aimed to gain a better understanding of developments in #animalwelfare #science in China between 1996-2019 through a desk review of nationally-funded research projects ➡️ doi.org/10.1017/awf.20…

📢 New paper investigates legal cases of ingrown horns in cattle and sheep in Sweden. Researchers analysed horn-related anomalies and the circumstances under which they occur and provided recommendations to help limit future occurrences. ➡️doi.org/10.1017/awf.20…

📖Read the latest book review published in #AnimalWelfare: 'Understanding Animal Abuse and How to Intervene with Children and Young People' by Gilly Ferreira and Joanne Williams. Reviewed by Karianne Muri.➡️doi.org/10.1017/awf.20…

📣 A key feature of Animal Welfare is our expert-led editorial process. Managing Editor, Steve Weddell, is a veterinary surgeon with 20 years' experience guiding authors through publication. This recent feedback highlights the invaluable support he provides authors⬇️

🔍 How do animals’ past experiences shape their emotional responses? This latest study applied the Bayesian brain hypothesis to explore this question, offering fresh insights into #animalwelfare and how to provide animals with a better life. Full paper 🔗ow.ly/P4Jr50Ucwn7

Can facial temperatures reveal calves' emotions during painful procedures? This study links brain activity & emotional states using infrared thermography. Findings provide initial evidence that thermal asymmetries reflect stressful events like disbudding➡️ow.ly/1PIq50Uq70Y