Animal Welfare

The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), a member of the Scottish Campaign Against Hunting with Dog's (SCAHD) today released the results of a recent poll conducted by MORI Scotland showing that approximately 7 out of 10 Scots are opposed to hunting with dogs.

A MORI survey published on 7 July 2000 reveals that an estimated 17,000 healthy dogs were destroyed in the UK last year. The NCDL, the UK's largest dog welfare charity, believes that the actual number of dogs destroyed in the UK could be nearer 50,000 if all dog handling agencies are taken into consideration. This equates to around 137 healthy dogs being destroyed every day, either because their owners could not be traced or a new owner could not be found - a situation the NCDL finds totally unacceptable.

Animal experiments — how do people form their opinions?

A research report released today (2 May) by Cardiff University - based on interviews conducted by MORI - gives a detailed insight into views of hunting with dogs in four selected rural communities, all centred around individual hunts.

The Scottish People Say: Ban Hunting Now

Wide-held theory that Japanese support whaling and defend whale meat industry is disproved by leading international opinion research firm.

Now a question about the hunting of wild mammals with dogs (eg fox hunting).

Q1 Which of these best describes where you live most of the time?

The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), one of the largest animal welfare organisations in the world, is enlisting support for sustainable seal watching from Members of the Scottish Parliament.