On 29 October, the World Veterinary Association (WVA) and Ceva Santé Animale (Ceva) announced the winners of the 2020 Global Animal Welfare Awards. The award recognises individuals and institutions for their outstanding work and dedication to promoting animal welfare. She shared that she has dedicated her work to creating awareness around the importance of looking into animal welfare, especially in animal research and the potential it has to improve science. Dr. Thoradeniya also shared that she is hopeful that in having received this award, there would be more attention drawn to the importance of animal welfare, and more like-minded people would collaborate and expand the initiative. She added that she has laid the groundwork to create a platform – the forum on animal welfare and ethics – where such persons can come together under one banner to share resources and knowledge.

Source: The Nation November 06, 2020 06:45 UTC