| APGAW DIRECTOR
Marisa Heath is the APGAW director, responsible for running the group, setting the annual strategy and inquiry topics, facilitating the inquiries, and meeting Government departments to raise awareness of animal welfare issues. She also writes the Parliamentary inquiry reports and briefings. She works closely with the co-chairs of the Group and also keeps wider members updated on issues and organises all meetings and events in Parliament. Marisa works on a part-time basis and is involved in a number of other groups such as the Canine & Feline Sector Group, the Local Government Animal Welfare Group, the Plant-based Food Alliance and the Abattoir Sector Group.
| News from APGAW
The Four Stages to Better Enforcement
Our new parliamentary report warns that animals across England and Wales are being failed by inconsistent and under-resourced enforcement, despite the UK having some of the strongest animal welfare laws in the world. The Four Stages to Better Enforcement sets out a...
The innate health assessment tool
Today APGAW has launched the Innate Health Assessment website and tool which was built by PetProov. There are a significant number of animals bred that can never experience a life worth living because they have been born with physical problems and pain from the very...
Frontier Economics Publishes Report into APGAW IHA
Frontier Economics, one of the largest economic consultancies in Europe, has undertaken an independent forward-looking economic appraisal of the potential benefits of introducing the APGAW Innate Health Assessment (IHA) into the regulatory landscape for dog breeding...
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