Animal-Welfare.org.au
Title
Animal Welfare Centre
Description
Excerpted from the website:
- Functions
- The Animal Welfare Science Centre was established by the University of Melbourne, Monash University and the Department of Primary Industries, Victoria. The Centre focuses and coordinates the research and academic resources of the three collaborating organisations, providing the animal industries, animal users, the farming community, Government, the general community and the academic community with an internationally competitive research, teaching and training resource in animal welfare.
- The desired outcomes for the three collaborating organisations in the Centre are improvements in the welfare of farm, laboratory and companion animals, generation of agricultural wealth through sustainable animal welfare practices in agriculture and improvements in the quality of life of people through a better understanding of human-companion animal relationships.
- Operation
- The Centre is an an unincorporated joint venture between the University of Melbourne, Monash University and the Department of Primary Intustries Victoria and is located at four main sites:
