| APGAW LEGAL ADVISOR
Vanessa Barnes is APGAW’s legal advisor. Having studied law at undergraduate and also Masters level, Vanessa went into private practice as an associate solicitor for several years. She has also run her own smallholding rearing rare breed sheep, and keeping pigs, horses and chickens. She holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Animal Welfare, Policy and Legislation, from Hartbury University graduating in June 2023 with distinction. Vanessa works on a part-time basis and has been focused on the dog breeding work under APGAW’s remit.
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UPDATED Good Practice Code for Rabbit Welfare
APGAW is pleased to announce the launch of the updated Good Practice Code for Rabbit Welfare having been trialling the first draft of the Code for the last couple of years. We are thrilled with the results but have now updated the Code to reflect the developing...
APGAW leads on dog breeding
APGAW picked up the work it did in 2009 with the publication of A Healthier Future for Pedigree Dogs report through a Parliamentary roundtable in December. Following this APGAW facilitated a high level conference this July in Westminster chaired by Lord Trees to set...
WILDLIFE ROUNDTABLE
APGAW held a roundtable session chaired by Giles Watling MP and attended by police, NWCU, RSPCA, NatureWatch and a number of other experts to discuss wildlife crime and what needs to be done to tackle it. The following points were discussed: Wildlife & Rural Crime...
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