18th May 2017Mary Sumner House London SW1P 3RB United Kingdom
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Schedule
| 9:15 – 9.45 | Registration |
| 10:00 - 10:10 | Introduction and welcome, Paul Roger, AWSELVA |
| 10:10 - 10:40 | The Animal Welfare Act – Enforcement of animal welfare of farmed species by Local Authorities, Sharon Edwards, City of London |
| 10:40 - 11:10 | The Animal Welfare Act – can enforced Legislation be a short-cut to achieving human behaviour change? Suzanne Rogers, Human Behaviour Change for Animal Welfare |
| 11:10 - 11:40 | Refreshment break |
| 11:40 - 12:10 | The Animal Welfare Act - ignored in UK pig, poultry and dairy sectors & an indicator for why farming rabbits in cages should be illegal. Peter Stevenson, Compassion in World Farming |
| 12:10 - 12:40 | The Animal Welfare Act - did it turn out as we hoped? David Bowles, RSPCA |
| 12:40 - 13:10 | The Animal Welfare Act – A companion animal perspective, Claire Calder, Dogs Trust |
| 13:10 - 14:30 | Lunch, 5M and CABI book sale & AGM (beginning at 13:45) |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | The future of the Animal Welfare Act - time for Crustacean Compassion? Maisie Tomlinson, Crustacean Compassion |
| 15:05 - 16:00 | Discussion & Debate |
| 16:00 | Close |
| 16:30 | Evening social - The Windsor Castle |