World Animal Protection PowerPoint Presentation

Farm animals: economics

Welfare
Productivity
McInerney
short
term
long term
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Farm animals: economics long-term

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Farm animals: businesses, investors and consumers

Animals in communities

Rabies / Free roaming dogs

• Killing does not work
• Human and animal behaviour
• Environmental factors
• Some dogs are owned
• Some are community dogs

Animals in communities

“Stray dogs that are under a certain level of control may be understood as a sanitary and a reproductive barrier for the communities where they live”
Molento 2014
12/22

Animals in communities

• ICAM (International Companion Animal Management Coalition)
• Collaborating with universities and others
• ‘Are we making a difference? A Guide to Monitoring and Evaluating Dog Population Management Interventions’ 2015
• Impacts on dogs, public health, wildlife, livestock

Animals in the wild

• Ghost gear
• At least 136,000 seals, sea lions and large whales killed each year
• 640,000 tonnes of gear per year

Animals in the wild

• Global Ghost Gear Initiative

– Multi-stakeholder alliance to drive economically viable and sustainable solutions

Animals affected by disasters

• A billion of the world’s poorest people depend on animals for food, income, social status or cultural identification, as well as companionship and security

• Disaster management
• Preparedness
• Response

• Working with
• Local and national partners
• International Red Cross
• Governments
• OIE

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Animals affected by disasters

• Training people
• Developing community emergency plans that include animals
• Setting up early warning systems
• Helping people store and protect food and water
• Building and securing animal shelters
• Running vaccination programmes
• Public service announcements on caring for animals during disasters