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Wild Welfare launches workshop in Laos
Wild Welfare worked in partnership with Free the Bears to deliver the programme.
Laos visit is first for welfare organisation.

Wild Welfare, an international animal welfare charity, has expanded its programme into Laos. The organisation launched an in-person edition of its Wild About Welfare digital education programme.

Laos is a new country of operation for Wild Welfare, and the organisation collaborated with Free the Bears, a charity that rescues bears from bear bile farms and the illegal wildlife trade to deliver the workshop.

The first workshop was held in Luang Prabang in November 2022, and the five-day course saw a mix of participants; veterinary surgeons, animal care staff and higher managers from Free the Bears and a local elephant sanctuary.

Taught in both English and spoken Lao translations, the workshop lasted for five days, and introduced participants to take part in practical tasks, including enclosure assessments for macaques and enrichment planning for different species.

Sarah Bonser-Blake, animal welfare field manager at Wild Welfare, discussed the programme: “It was quite an emotional experience for me seeing everyone really engaging with the content. There was a real sense of learning together as everyone helped each other out with explanations, translations and concepts which might be difficult to understand.”

This workshop was the first practical roll-out of the programme, and Wild Welfare will use the feedback to continue its development.

Online, the Wild About Welfare course is free-to-access on Wild Welfare's website, and it has seen use from 63 different countries since it's launch in January 2021.

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Birmingham Dogs Home makes urgent appeal

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 Birmingham Dogs Home has issued an urgent winter appeal as it faces more challenges over the Christmas period.

The rescue centre has seen a dramatic increase in dogs coming into its care, and is currently caring for over 200 dogs. With rising costs and dropping temperatures, the charity is calling for urgent support.

It costs the charity £6,000 per day to continue its work.

Fi Harrison, head of fundraising and communications, said: "It's heart-breaking for our team to see the conditions some dogs arrive in. We really are their last chance and hope of survival."

More information about the appeal can be found here. 

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Avian flu confirmed at premises in Cornwall

A case of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 has been detected in commercial poultry at a premises near Rosudgeon, Cornwall.

All poultry on the infected site will be humanely culled, and a 3km protection zone and 10km surveillance zone have been put in place. Poultry and other captive birds in the 3km protection zone must be housed.

The case is the second avian flu case confirmed in commercial poultry this month. The H5N5 strain was detected in a premises near Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, in early November. Before then, the disease had not been confirmed in captive birds in England since February.

The UK chief veterinary officer has urged bird keepers to remain alert and practise robust biosecurity.

A map of the disease control zones can be found here.