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Experts turn out for farm animal welfare in China

Animal Welfare / Animal Welfare
Posted by JimEdwards on Apr 03, 2008 - 05:03 PM

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[1]World renowned animal welfare experts traveled to China to take part in a landmark conference on farm animal welfare last week.

WSPA, along with three other leading animal welfare organisations - Compassion in World Farming, the Humane Society International and the Royal Society for the Protection of Animals – joined forces to host the two-day conference.

Amy Firth, WSPA’s Farm Animal Welfare Programme Manager, described the standard of presentations and the interest in the conference as truly heartwarming.

“There is a real desire to improve farm animal welfare in China and WSPA will do all it can to assist with this,” she added.

Peter Davies, Director General of WSPA, said: “The commitment to and knowledge shared at this conference is another hugely significant step for farm animal welfare in China.”
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