Factsheet

Animal welfare – Executive summary

15/12/2022

Organisation mondiale de la santé animale  (OMSA)

Observatory Annual Report 2022 | Executive summary

The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH, founded as OIE) develops international standards on animal welfare to support Members to improve how they handle terrestrial and aquatic animals on farm, during transport, slaughter, killing for disease control purposes, as well as in research and for specific topics such as dog population management. Through its Annual Report, the Observatory intends to assess the uptake of these standards.