Strategy For Improving Animal Welfare And Rights In The Livestock Sub-Sector In Uganda

Abstract

For best performance of animals, they must be well treated. In order
for the community to achieve sustainability in food systems, animals
in the food system must be cared for and handled in a just way. This
makes the subject of Animal Welfare and Rights very critical especially
in developing countries which find themselves amidst a multiplicity
of new technologies. In a situation like this policies play a big role to
guide and regulate the sector. It is for this reason that we embarked
on analyzing existing Animal policies and Acts. We applied the WPR
method developed by Bacchi (2016). In this paper we share our findings
regarding silences about various aspects of Animal Welfare and Rights,
and also make strategic recommendations to inform policy.