EURCAW-Pigs
The establishment of Animal Welfare Reference Centres is laid down in the Official Controls Regulation (Articles 95 & 96), and 2018 the Commission designated a first European Union Reference Centre for Animal Welfare: 'EURCAW-Pigs'.
Supporting the enforcement of pig welfare legislation is one of the Commission's priorities. EURCAW-Pigs provides scientific and technical knowledge to Competent Authorities of EU member states, to animal welfare policy workers and to their support bodies (e.g. science, training and communication).
The three partners in the consortium are the Friedrich Loeffler Institut (FLI) in Germany (DE), Aarhus University (AU) in Denmark (DK), and Wageningen Livestock Research (WLR) in The Netherlands (NL). Each of them has extensive experience at national level in providing advice on animal welfare related topics to their respective ministries. They are also recognised as internationally leading institutes on pig welfare science. Each partner has a relatively small team of 3-4 key staff who work in the Centre, and a much larger group of animal welfare experts from their own and affiliated institutes which they can call upon for additional support. Wageningen Livestock Research is the overall coordinator, and is supported in The Netherlands by the Adaptation Physiology department of Wageningen University (WU) and the Veterinary Faculty of Utrecht University (UU).
Key staff of EURCAW-Pigs
EURCAW-Pigs staff can be contacted via the email info.pigs@eurcaw.eu
Coordination
Hans Spoolder (WLR, NL)
Senior Scientist in applied ethology
Keytasks EURCAW: EURCAW-Pigs director & coordinator
Lars Schrader (FLI, DE)
Professor in Animal Welfare and Animal Husbandry
Keytask EURCAW: Scientific coordinator
Jan Tind Sorensen (AU, DK)
Professor in herd management
Keytask EURCAW: Training coordinator
Marko Ruis (WLR, NL)
Scientist, trainer and lecturer animal welfare
Keytask EURCAW: Dissemination & communication coordinator
Staff
Inger Anneberg (AU, DK)
Social and cultural anthropology scientist
Keytask EURCAW: Training, communication
Saskia Arndt (UU, NL)
Professor of Animal Behaviour
Keytask EURCAW: Science, animal behaviour and welfare
Marc Bracke (WLR, NL)
Animal welfare scientist
Keytask EURCAW: Science
Mette Herskin (AU, DK)
Animal welfare scientist
Keytask EURCAW: Science, animal transport
Inga Wilk (FLI, DE)
Animal welfare scientist
Key task EURCAW: Science
Hanne Kongsted (AU, DK)
Scientist pig welfare and herd health management
Key task EURCAW: Science
Michael Marahrens (FLI, DE)
Animal welfare scientist and consultant
Keytask EURCAW: Science, training
Katy Overstreet (AU, DK)
Cultural anthropologist and postdoctoral researcher in animal science
EURCAW key tasks: communication and strategies for change
Antonia Patt (FLI, DE)
Animal welfare scientist
Keytask EURCAW: Science, dissemination
Lene Juul Pedersen (AU, DK)
Professor in Animal Welfare and precision livestock farming
Keytask EURCAW: Science, training
Antje Schubbert (FLI, DE)
Animal welfare scientist
Keytask EURCAW: Science
Bas Kemp (WU, NL)
Keytask EURCAW: Science