Updated Appendix for Pedigree Dog report Wednesday, November 04, 2009This is a revised and more comprehensive Appendix for the report entitled A Healthier Future for Pedigree Dogs. View PDF Document
	A Healthier Future for Pedigree Dogs Tuesday, November 03, 2009The APGAW Inquiry into the health and welfare of pedigree dogs has now been published. Hardcopies are available upon request View PDF Document
	APGAW Mini-Report Dangerous Dogs Wednesday, May 28, 2008The Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare have issued a report on the issues surrounding the Dangerous Dog legislation. The reports includes views from the main organisations leading on this debate including The Dogs Trust, The Kennel Club, RSPCA, Blue Cross and Battersea Cats & Dogs Home. It also has the perspectives of the spokesmen from the three political parties. View PDF Document
	Report of APGAW Inquiry into greyhound welfare Sunday, May 20, 2007 View PDF Document
	The Use of Animals in Vaccine Testing for Humans Tuesday, March 01, 2005 This APGAW Report states that new ways of testing vaccines that dont involve using animals should be developed as a metter of priority. Alternative, hi-tech methods of testing will not only reduce animal suffering but may also increase confidence in the safety and effectiveness of vaccines used to protect people against diseases such as tetanus, polio and diphtheria. The full report can be found below. Copies of the report can be obtained by emailing admin@apgaw.org View PDF Document
	Press Release: What About the Dogs? Thursday, July 01, 2004 Read the Press Release which accompanied the publication of APGAWs rehoming hunting hounds report. View PDF Document
	What About the Dogs? Saturday, February 07, 2004 July 2004 Welfare of Hunting Dogs Working Group The Hunting Dogs Working Group was set up in November of 2003 to investigate the future welfare of dogs used for hunting in the event of a ban. The idea for the Group arose after the Kennel Club approached Ian Cawsey MP about the possible fate of an estimated 20,000 hunting dogs. The issue of the future welfare of dogs used for hunting had been consistently raised in deliberations about the future of hunting both by those who were ‘pro-’ hunting and those who were ‘anti-’ hunting. Despite several organisations and individuals repeatedly raising their concerns about the future welfare of hunting dogs, no-one had done any in depth investigation into this issue. The animal welfare organisations represented on the Working Group came together with the common objective of giving many thousands of dogs the attention they deserved and addressing wide-spread concern about their future welfare. The Working Group did not consider the issue of hunting itself and their only motive was a genuine concern about the future welfare of hunting dogs. The members of the Working Group were Chris Laurence from Dogs Trust (the new name for the NCDL), Dominic Rudd from the RSPCA, Phil Buckley and Caroline Kisko from the Kennel Club and Rachel Casey, a veterinary behaviourist from Bristol University. The group was chaired by the APGAW Chairman, Ian Cawsey MP and the secretariat to the Group was provided by Cassie Hague. The Group produced the “What about the dogs?” report in July 2004 after spending 8 months deliberating on the subject. The report contained several recommendations intended to suggest a model of good practice for hunts and other owners of hunting dogs in the event of a ban. You can read a copy of the report by clicking below. View PDF Document
	A Report into the Welfare of Circus Animals Tuesday, July 01, 1997 July 1997 Circus Working Group The Circus Working Group was set up in November 1996 to investigate the welfare of animals in circuses in England and Wales. APGAW felt that there was a need to examine current legislation, practice and theory relating to the welfare and management of all circus animals, including domestic animals. There were individuals from six different organisations represented on the Group. Members were Will Travers and Kim Wood from Born Free Foundation (BFF), Dr. Arthur Lindley from the RSPCA, Lou Leathers from the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH), Malcolm Clay and David Hibling from the Association of Circus Proprietors (ACP) and Dr. Robert Atkinson and Professor David Macdonald from the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU). The Chairman was Michael Fielding from the British Veterinary Association (BVA) The Circus Working Group’s role was to consider animal welfare in circuses rather than any ethical arguments regarding the use of animals in circuses. After spending two years investigating the issue, the Group produced a report, making a number of observations and presenting several options regarding the future welfare of animals in circuses. You can read this report by clicking here. View PDF Document