One Welfare: A Framework to Improve Animal Welfare and Human Well-being

Contemporary and thought-provoking, this book provides a definition of the concept of One Welfare: the interconnection between animal welfare, human wellbeing and the environment. The book establishes a conceptual framework, in five sections, resulting from a three month global consultation on a draft proposal comprising nine areas. The book contains: - A one welfare approach which complements and extends the existing one health approach - A range of prestigious contributions from key opinion leaders in the field of animal welfare which help to define the framework - A platform for the development of more collaborative and integrated animal welfare standards and policies One Welfare complements the One Health and Eco Health approaches, enabling full integration of animal welfare within other disciplines; a much needed tool to help improve animal welfare, human wellbeing and environmental components and support worldwide sustainable development goals. Integrating this concept into existing projects could help to foster collaboration to improve human and animal welfare globally. This text is of interest to those working in the fields of animal and human welfare, sustainability and conservation, international development and to all those keen to extend the one health approach to animal welfare and human wellbeing.

About the Author

Dr Rebeca García Pinillos qualified as a Vet at the University of Zaragoza and completed a PhD at the University of Reading. She has worked in private practice as a small animal and equine vet as well as a government veterinary and policy adviser on a number of subjects, including veterinary public health, zoonosis, exotic disease and animal welfare. She has also volunteered with exotic/wild animals across Asia, Africa and the Americas. Rebeca regularly participates as an animal welfare expert in training events, workshops and conferences across the world and is a passionate advocate of One Welfare as complement to One Health. Rebeca García Pinillos qualified as a vet at the University of Zaragoza, Spain and completed a PhD at the University of Reading, England. Rebeca is a diplomate of the European College of Animal Welfare and Behavioural Medicine and a certified specialist by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) in animal welfare, ethics and law. She has worked in general practice and veterinary government work since 2001, joining Defra as Veterinary Adviser in 2008. Rebeca has volunteered with exotic animals and is an internationally recognised animal welfare lecturer and speaker on animal welfare, teaching and speaking across Europe, Asia, Central and South America. Rebeca is a past-President of the Association of Government Vets and championed "One Health, One Welfare and the role of vets in society" as well as veterinary wellbeing and how this connects to the concept of One Welfare during her presidency years. Since 2015 Rebeca has championed the concept of One Welfare and founded a non-profit social enterprise, One Welfare Community Interest Company, which started as a voluntary project, launching a global consultation to define and create a One Welfare framework as a complement to One Health. Rebeca created social media platforms and a web presence for the concept of One Welfare to help expand and disseminate the concept and related work. Initiatives launched to date supporting these objectives are the publication of the One Welfare Framework book and the projects One Welfare World, One Welfare Phoenix and One Welfare Silkworm.