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The two-day professional workshop “Animal Welfare, Environment and Zoonoses: Where One Health Pathways Intersect” was held on 26–27 January 2026 at Hotel Terme Tuhelj, Croatia. The workshop was jointly organised by the Regional Animal Welfare Centre (RAWC) and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, with the great support of RSPCA Europe. This workshop […]
The Regional Animal Welfare Centre (RAWC) actively participated in the Regional Workshop on Animal Welfare During Slaughter and on Developing National Action Plans for Animal Welfare, organised by the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) – Regional Representation for Europe, in collaboration with the European Union and hosted by Albania. The workshop took place in […]
Dog population management in the region remains a key priority for RAWC. Most countries in the Balkans have national legislation in place that regulates dog control, sets rules for keeping owned animals (including commercial breeding), and requires identification and responsible ownership. However, effectively addressing the stray dog population continues to be a challenge that demands […]
RAWC annual meeting of 2022 was held in Terme Tuhelj, Croatia on 27-28 November. The meeting was organized as a series of lectures and in the final part active discussions regarding several hot regional animal welfare topics such as – fish welfare, the welfare of working animals, welfare in disaster situations, and the development of […]
Dog population management in the region is still a targeted priority by RAWC. Most countries in the Balkans have national legislation regulating the control of dogs and set rules for owned animals, including commercial breeding and keeping of animals, as well as identification of animals. The management of dog populations remains to be a challenge […]
We would like to inform you that the Organising Committee of the 1st RAWC Scientific Conference reached a decision to hold an online event on 24-25 of June 2021. Although our preference would have been to organize a live event, due to the current COVID-19 situation and so many uncertainties still surrounding it, the Committee believes […]
Dear friends and partners, We are very happy to publish draft PROGRAM for the upcoming 1st RAWC Scientific conference. As you all know Conference will take place on 10-11. of March 2020, in Thessaloniki, Greece. We would like to use this opportunity to thank all of you for submitting your very interesting abstracts and please share the news […]
We call on our members, as well as scientists and particularly young scholars, to participate in this conference by presenting a paper, oral or poster, and taking an active role in our network. The main theme of our first scientific conference is “Better science for better animal welfare”. Main conference topics: Animals in communities (companion […]
3rd RSPCA international meeting focusing on severe suffering – Avoiding mortality will be organised in association with the Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens on 10-11 October 2019, in Athens, Greece. To register for this meeting, please complete this short form. There will be NO delegate fee charged for attending. Lunch and refreshments will […]
The most important role of RAWC is to provide scientific and technical advice to national bodies and to disseminate research findings and technical innovations. The 1st Scientific Animal Welfare Conference of RAWC would like to gather the regional specialists and experts to exchange and share their views in order to promote animal welfare science in […]
During April 2018, RAWC has received the invitation from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OiE) for DPM Trainers speak at the 3rd Stray dog Workshop for Balkan countries, in Belgrade, Serbia which we gladly accepted. All our five trainers held a combined two hour workshop for participants at the OiE Regional Workshop on the topic […]
Dog population management in the region is one of the targeted priorities set by RAWC. Most countries in the Balkans have national legislation regulating control of stray dogs and set rules for owned animals, including commercial breeding and keeping of animals, as well as identification of animals. The management of stray dog populations remains to […]