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appreciating Guarini Center at NYU School of Law guidance thanks for highlighting Biophilic Cities this #first-of-its-#kind #policy #brief #describing #how #local #governments can #incorporate #wildanimal #welfare #considerations into their #institutions, #planning #processes, and #policies on #landuse and the #built #environment. '#Experts #increasingly #agree that the #health of #humans, #animals, and the #environment are #interlinked. As #cities #consider how to make their #infrastructure more #resilient and #sustainable, #policymakers and other #local #actors have an #opportunity to #adopt new #policies that can #benefit #wild #animals, humans, and the environment. The brief covers six #policy #areas: #green #infrastructure, #tree #canopy, #ecosystems, #buildings and #developments, #lawns and #open #spaces, and #roads. For each #policyarea, the brief #identifies #promising #policyoptions for #cities to consider, #ranging from #bird-#friendly #building #materials to #greeninfrastructure #design and #prohibitions on #gas #leaf #blowers. #placebased #bioregional #naturefirst #intergenerational #intercultural #intersectoral #onehealth #wellbeing #sdgs #forall #inclusive #planning #resilientcommunities #skills #regenerative #safe #education #airshed #waterhsed #h20 #culturalheritage #naturalheritage #biophilic #mentalhealth #biodiverse #habitat #foodsovereignty #selfdetermination #publichealth #healthcare #natureprescribing #socialimpact #leadership #law #wildlife #sanctuary #mobility #crossings #interbeing #ecosystem #benefits #qualityoflife #prosperity

For animal welfare professionals, veterinary students, animal control officers, nonprofit leaders, and community advocates, UNSM 200 - Community Cats Program Management combines theory with practical applications to cover all aspects of community cat welfare. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/AVoZT #AnimalWelfareProfessionals #AnimalControlOfficers #CommunityCatWelfare #VeterinaryStudents

Are you an animal welfare professional, veterinary student, animal control officer, nonprofit leader, or community advocates? UNSM 200 - Community Cats Program Management combines theory with practical applications to cover all aspects of community cat welfare. h Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/AWvcL #AnimalWelfareProfessionals #AnimalControlOfficers #CommunityCatWelfare #VeterinaryStudents

Sometimes helping wildlife is as simple as making *small changes* that have a BIG IMPACT on wildlife & wild spaces. We love Cougar Conservancy's mission "to prevent, reduce, and manage human-wildlife conflicts by taking proactive steps to actively collaborate with communities for coexistence support." Learn how *you* can play a part in protecting wildlife! 👇 ✊ 🐾 #coexistence #wildlife #wildlifeprotection #wildlifeconservation #dogs

2/3 of BC households have pets as family members. Help support initiatives to: priorities: 🐾House people and pets together 🐾 Put food on everyone’s plate 🐾 Keep us all safe in emergencies 🐾 Proactively protect farmed animals 🐾 Reunite families and ensure traceability with microchips for pets 🐾 Use a One Health / One Welfare lens to evaluate policy decisions

This is an ill conceived stance from Niman Ranch. It is not good for the industry or consumers to pit pork producers against one another. I am a firm believer in improved animal welfare standards but these do come at a cost to the production system. There is room in the market for premium high-welfare pork products as well as a more standard, low cost product. It’s unfortunate, but most consumers are concerned about the cost of their protein, not the welfare conditions under which the animal was raised. There is a large segment of the population in first-world countries that live paycheck to paycheck and cannot afford to purchase premium high-welfare products. We have a responsibility as an industry to provide affordable protein to all consumers as well as giving them a choice on what type of product (high-welfare vs improved welfare vs standard welfare) they want to purchase. Disagreements between different types of production systems runs an inherent risk of confusing and alienating consumers thereby leading to lower consumption of pork products.

Most Australians want an independent authority to have the final say on government policy decisions that affect animal welfare. But under our current governance system, animal welfare policy is delegated to Departments and Ministers of Agriculture, who are plagued by conflicts of interest. These institutions have competing responsibilities and economic interests almost always outweigh animal welfare concerns. That's why we're proposing the establishment of an independent National Animal Welfare Commission to oversee a new fair, consistent and transparent process for policy decisions and the creation of national animal welfare standards. If you support the call for a fairer and more independent animal welfare system, join us today at https://lnkd.in/gtzYCsG9 - #animalwelfare #policyreform

Animal welfare is a huge priority of mine, no matter how big or small the animal in my care is. https://lnkd.in/eN_NbRXv

The push to improve animal welfare in Australia hinges significantly on securing adequate funding for animal welfare services. Currently, animal welfare services lack sufficient funding, which leads to significant delays in developing and implementing animal welfare standards, and hinders enforcement capabilities.    It's time for this to change. Ensuring animal welfare services receive adequate resourcing will allow these services to operate effectively, leading to better outcomes for animals. Learn more about funding animal welfare services at https://lnkd.in/eEypRrjq. #animalwelfare #betterlawsforanimals #animalpolicy #FairGoforAnimals

Animal welfare is often seen as a standalone issue and we could not be further away from the truth! Our Managing Director, Alokparna Sengupta, in a recent TEDx youth talk, shared her story and how we need to move beyond the stereotypes we have created for animal welfare. Catch her as she elucidates why intersectionality is paramount for the advancement of doing better for animals and humans. 🎙️  Let's spark some lively debates and deepen our understanding together! TEDxYouth@CHIREC - 2018 Link- https://lnkd.in/gy-72mH6  #AnimalWelfare #Intersectionality #TedxTalks 🌍