Uganda hosts first National Animal Welfare Workshop Animal Welfare / Animal Welfare Posted by JimEdwards on Jul 04, 2008 - 02:43 PM Source: [1]Uganda’s first National Animal Welfare Workshop, co-organised and funded by WSPA, provided food for thought on a range of animal welfare issues affecting wild, farm, companion and laboratory animals. Representatives from the Ministries of Agriculture and Education, the livestock industry, Kampala’s Makerere University and Veterinary Association and lecturers from vocational agricultural training institutes were invited to the workshop, held in Kampala. The discussions covered issues including the inhumane killing of stray dogs and the cruel transport and slaughter methods used on farm animals, in particular cattle. A much needed forum for welfare WSPA’s involvement sprang from locally identified need; the meeting was initiated by Professor Kabasa, Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at Makerere University, and member society the Uganda Society for the Protection and Care of Animals (USPCA). They sought a forum to discuss welfare issues, convinced that animal welfare is not adequately covered within the veterinary curriculum at present and not understood widely by Ugandans. Read more [2] ... This article is from World Veterinary Association   http://worldvet.org/ The URL for this story is:   http://worldvet.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=4357 Links in this article   [1] http://www.wspa-international.org/latestnews/2008/ugandaworkshop.aspx   [2] http://www.wspa-international.org/latestnews/2008/ugandaworkshop.aspx