What are the major areas EFN will tackle?

Practical animal welfare means providing animals with two things:

1. What keeps them healthy
2. What they want

Marian Dawkins 2008

"It is important that animals are provided with what keeps them healthy first and what they want second as domesticated animals can be exposed to making wrong decisions e.g. a cow may jump a fence into clover and gorge herself resulting in bloat and possible death – she made a bad choice! Good stock-keepers have both knowledge of and a strong desire to care for their animals – essential attributes."Graham Dixon 2010

In order to keep animals healthy and provide what they want EFN is striving to deliver the following without compromise to animal welfare:

1. Removal of mutilations which are related to key behaviours such as beak trimming and tail docking.
2. Removal or reduction in the pain associated with other mutilations such as castration.
3. Environmental enrichments such as natural light, scratching substrates for birds, and rooting for pigs.
4. Removal of close confinements which prevent normal behaviours such as nesting, walking and running.
5. Provision of feed that provides animals with their nutritional requirements and also maintains gut health.
6. The use of genetics that promote good animal health.