Assessment of the status of Animal Welfare

Assessment of the status of animal welfare and compliance to OIE standards in the IGAD Member States

The overall objective of this assignment is to develop an OIE-compliant regional animal welfare strategy and action plan that will contribute to good animal welfare practices, policies and institutional reforms. The study was carried out in Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia (Somaliland), and Djibouti. Different animal health and welfare stakeholders and institutions were visited in a cross-sectional semi-structured questionnaire survey and visual observation. Content analysis was used to classify transcribed qualitative data into distinct contextual areas and to compare different countries and stakeholder institutions.