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Animal Welfare Committee Member (Wild Animals) - London SW1

Employer
DEFRA
Location
SW London (Greater)
Salary
Competitive Salary
Closing date
30 Oct 2019

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Animal Welfare Committee member - Expert in welfare of wild animals kept by people.

Provide advice to government on wild animal welfare.

The Animal Welfare Committee is an expert committee of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Scottish and Welsh Governments. This is your chance to use your knowledge and expertise in animal welfare to provide expert advice that makes a contribution to Government policy in a fast-moving environment.

You’ll come to us with extensive knowledge and experience of animal welfare needs, including behavioural, environmental and social needs, as well as housing and husbandry requirements, for wild animals kept in domestic and other non-zoo environments. You’ll have current practical working experience, ideally of more than five years, with captive wild animals and the ability to put your views forward clearly and cogently both in writing and orally.

Closing date: 12noon, 30 October 2019

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On-farm animal welfare

Specific guides on animal welfare issues are available for the following:

  • Poultry farming: welfare regulations
  • Laying hens: welfare regulations
  • Broiler chickens and breeder chickens: welfare regulations
  • Pig farming: welfare regulations
  • Sheep and goats: welfare regulations
  • Beef cattle and dairy cows: welfare regulations
  • Deer farming: health and welfare

Gamebirds

The code of practice for the welfare of gamebirds was approved by Parliament and came into force in January 2011. The code provides game farmers with information on how to meet the welfare needs of their animals, as required under the Animal Welfare Act 2006. It can also be used in courts as evidence in cases brought before them relating to poor welfare of gamebirds.

Fish

In addition to the general requirements of the Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007 we are working towards further improvements in fish welfare by other means.

The Council of Europe’s Standing Committee on the welfare of animals kept for farming purposes adopted a recommendation on fish in December 2005. Defra’s research and development programme includes projects on certain aspects of fish welfare. We will use the findings to support our objective to ensure high standards of fish welfare.

Ducks and geese

The welfare of ducks and geese is protected by the general requirements of the Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007. There is also a Code of Recommendations for the Welfare of Ducks, which continues to apply under the new Animal Welfare Act.

Rabbits

The welfare of rabbits is protected by the Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007. Schedule 9 of these regulations contains specific conditions that apply to the keeping of rabbits. There is also a Code of Recommendations for the Welfare of Rabbits, which continues to apply under the new Animal Welfare Act.

Turkeys

The welfare of turkeys are protected by the Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007. There is also a Code of Recommendations for the Welfare of Turkeys which continues to apply under the new Animal Welfare Act.

Ratites (emu, ostrich, rhea)

The farming of emu, ostrich and rhea (ratites) caters for a niche market in the UK. The welfare of ratites are protected by the general requirements in the Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007. There are also Council of Europe recommendations on the welfare of farmed ratites which offer guidance on the standards that should apply.

The existing Codes of Recommendations for the welfare of livestock continue to apply, however, with the introduction of the Act and the Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007, the references to the legislation throughout the code are now out of date. Whilst the vast majority of the 2000 regulations are replicated by the 2007 regulations, you should check the legislation as it currently stands.

 

Company info
Telephone
0208 0265255
Location
Area 2D
Noble House
17 Smith Square
London
SW1 P3JR
GB

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