PDSA Animal Wellbeing Report

PDSA's landmark Animal Wellbeing Report about dogs, cats and rabbits provides ground breaking information about the health of pets in the UK today.

To learn more about what pets need to lead a healthy and happy life read the report today or take a look at our quick reference guides on caring for your pet..

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PDSA has produced the first ever comprehensive measure of animal wellbeing in the UK, revealing the state of our pet nation - The PDSA Animal Wellbeing (PAW) Report

Over 11,000 pet owners were surveyed to find out how dogs, cats and rabbits are cared for.

For the Report PDSA has assessed the five key things pets need to live a healthy and happy life as outlined in The Animal Welfare Act:

Enviroment:

The need for a suitable environment (place to live)

Diet:

The need for a suitable diet

Behaviour:

The need to express normal behaviour

Companionship:

The need to live with, or apart, from other animals

Health:

The need to be protected from pain, suffering, injury and disease

Take a look at the key findings for dogs, cats and rabbits by clicking on the pet icons below, or download the Report

Select a pet to find out more:

There are 6 links on this page which are in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. In order to view them you will need the free Acrobat Reader software installed on your computer.

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The five welfare needs for pets

Environment - The need for a suitable environment (the place where they live)
Diet - The need for a suitable diet
Behaviour - The need to express normal behaviour
Companionship - The need to live with, or apart, from other animals
Health - The need to be protected from pain, suffering, injury and disease

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