England Implementation Plan
In these webpages, the England Implementation Group (EIG) presents an England Implementation Plan for the Animal Health and Welfare Strategy (AHWS) for Great Britain 
(1.2 MB). Defra asked the EIG to do this in its Terms of Reference.
This Plan shows what key policy makers are doing, across Government, the industry and elsewhere, to help deliver the AHWS and bring about long term improvements to the health and welfare of England’s kept animals. It is the successor to Defra’s one‑off Implementation Plan of 2004. The EIG will use the Plan to help monitor delivery and to hold people to account. Policy makers, in- and outside of Government, will use it to see the range of activities and spot opportunities for collaboration or gaps to address.
Latest developments will be highlighted in each section.
Please contact the EIG Secretariat for any questions about the Plan, suggestions for improvements, or new material to include.
What is happening in the different animal sectors?
- Cattle – work of the England Cattle Health and Welfare Group.
- Pigs – implementing the British Pig Health and Welfare Strategy.
- Poultry – implementing the British Poultry Health and Welfare Strategy.
- Sheep – work of the (English) Sheep Health and Welfare Council.
- Companion animals – work of the Companion Animal Sector Council.
- Equines – implementing the Equine Health and Welfare Strategy.
- Aquaculture – action on farmed trout and ornamental fish.
- Zoos – work of the Zoos Forum.
- Wildlife (where it impacts on kept animals) – implementing the Wildlife Health Strategy.
What is happening in England’s regions?
What is happening around key AHWS themes?
- Responsibility and cost sharing
- Animal welfare
- Disease surveillance
- Veterinary services
- Improving Government delivery
- Farm Health Planning
- Consumers and animal health and welfare
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Page last modified:
20 May, 2008