Presentation from the Informal Consultation on Livestock Issues between the FAO Animal Production and Health Division and interested Non-Governmental Organizations. 1–2 December 2009 Italy, Rome FAO Headquarters. [ Originally posted on http://www.cop-ppld.net/cop_knowledge_base ]

1. World Society for the Protection of Animals
WSPA
World Society for the
Protection of Animals
Adolfo Sansolini
Policy Advisor
FAO-NGO meeting
1-2 December 2009

2. World Society for the Protection of Animals
WSPA’s vision is of a world where animal
welfare matters, and animal cruelty ends
Over 1,000 member organisations
in over 150 countries
Regional offices in all continents

3. People in developing countries depend on
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animals for their livelihoods
• 60% of the worlds 1.3 Billion extremely poor are
dependent on animals for their livelihood
Protein supply, food security, transport, capital,
drought power

4. World Society for the Protection of Animals
Cooperation

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Four priority animal welfare areas:
Companion and working animals
Disaster management
Farm animals
Wildlife

6. World Society for the Protection of Animals
Four priority animal welfare areas:
Companion and working animals
Disaster management
Farm animals

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Companion and Working Animals

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Population Management
• Our aim is to replace cruel methods of
dog population control with humane
and comprehensive alternatives
• Working with IGOs (e.g. WHO, PAHO
and OIE) to develop policy and
practical guidance on humane
population management including
rabies control

9. World Society for the Protection of Animals
WSPA Action
• Support for 12 population
management projects around
the world (south hemisphere
focus)
• Advocating for humane
management in many more
countries - lobbying for an end
to cruel control and providing
advice and practical training

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Working Equines
• Working equines are an essential
part of livelihoods
• Our aim is to provide local NGOs
with capacity and tools to improve
the welfare of working equines
• Welfare problems are usually
caused by a misunderstanding of
equine needs as opposed to
conscious cruelty

11. World Society for the Protection of Animals
WSPA Action
• WSPA supports 8 working
equine projects around the world
• Changing human behaviour is
the key to preventing equine
welfare issues
• We invest in developing and
training local NGOs in
participatory and meaningful
tools to change human behaviour

12. World Society for the Protection of Animals
WSPA Approach
Our solutions
• Develop understanding of equine needs in owners and users to
ensure that
• Care/husbandry provided suits equine needs
• Work matches equine capacity
• Provide access to resources
required to meet needs, for
example
• Affordable and accessible
veterinary care
• Farrier skills
• Access to water / shade /
suitable diet

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Disaster Management

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Disaster
“the serious disruption of the functioning of society causing
widespread human material or environmental losses, which exceed
the ability of the affected communities to cope using their own
resources.”
UNISDR 2009
• Minor: exceeding individual capacities e.g. farm fire, chemical
spills, transport accident
• Major: exceeding local/national capacities e.g. Floods, Storms,
Nuclear accident, infectious disease outbreak etc.
• Fast onset: e.g. Earthquake
• Slow onset: e.g. Drought

15. World Society for the Protection of Animals
General examples of
animal welfare needs in disasters
Trauma
Trapped/crush syndrome
Electricity failure
Feed/ water supply
Infra-structure impacted > space
Absence of shelter
Escaped/ roaming animals
Infectious diseases

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Not considering animals in contingency planning in
developing countries means for their owners :
Fail to evacuate
Enter debt spiral/ loss of livelihood
Security implications for vulnerable
groups (e.g. women)
Food security
Recovery period extended
Extended stay in IDP/ refugee
camps

17. Aim:
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To protect animals and thereby the livelihoods of their
owners from the impact of disasters by increasing their
resilience and preparedness planning
Picture reference: UNDP (http://data.undp.org.in/dmweb/Article-DRM%20Assam.pdf)

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Local Risk Reduction projects
•Awareness raising/ Behaviour change

19. World Society for the Protection of Animals
WSPA Risk Reduction Framework
Local Risk Reduction projects either as follow
up to major intervention, in areas of high risk or on
request from authorities
Increase of local response capacity
Disaster management course in local veterinary
universities &
the creation of veterinary emergency response units
(VERU), training of WSPA Member Societies
Advocacy for the integration of animals in national
contingency plans and guide implementation

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WSPA in action
Response:
• Emergency veterinary
treatments, feed supplies
Recovery:
• Veterinary infrastructure
improvement

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Farm Animals

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Focused on the "three Es" of
• Environment (securing the planet in the face of the challenge of
climate change)
• Economics (food must be affordable)
• Ethics (food must be produced safely and with the welfare of the
animal in mind)

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TWO TARGET COUNTRIES:
Maps::www.maps.com

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Humane Slaughter Programmes
Brazil
China

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Trade opportunities
Animal Welfare + Development

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Working mainly with the rural poor
Free-range chickens
Cage-free eggs
20 million chicks per year

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SINCE 1993
Over 5 million chicks a year

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Beefmaster and Boran beef
20 years of free-range egg production
No mutilations or beak trimming allowed

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Regularly audited slaughterhouses
Only cage-free eggs
Other animal welfare policies

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Bilateral trade agreements for
training and capacity building
UE - Chile
UE - Canada
CAFTA
EEUU - Peru
UE – South Korea

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Stakeholder involvement…globally

32. World Society for the Protection of Animals
…and much more can be done…
Together?

33. World Society for the Protection of Animals
Thank you