Maddie's Insights Animal Welfare Assessment Grid - webcast 11/13/25

If you'd like to earn a certificate of attendance for continuing education, please watch this video on Maddie's University https://university.maddiesfund.org/pr...

Maddie's® Insights is our ongoing webcast series with practical tips based on current research to help pets and people.

Presenters:
Rachel Malkani, BSc (Hons), MSc (AWSEL), PhD, CDBC, CCAB, ABTC-CAB

Sarah Wolfensohn, OBE, BSc (Hons), MA, VetMB, FRSB, DipECAWBM, FRCVS, Director, Welfare Assessment Technologies, Ltd.

Program Description: The Animal Welfare Assessment Grid (AWAG http://www.awag.org.uk ) is a powerful, cloud-based tool designed to track and visualize the welfare and lifetime experiences of animals. By turning husbandry and veterinary records into clear, easy-to-read graphics, AWAG transforms complex welfare data into compelling visual evidence—making it easier to communicate with decision-makers, support strategies for change, or substantiate welfare-related marketing claims. Its unique time-based approach looks beyond single moments in time, providing a whole-life perspective that helps animal care professionals plan timely, targeted interventions to improve or safeguard quality of life. Built around the five domains model, AWAG evaluates four key parameters—physical, behavioral/psychological, environmental, and procedural—each of which can be tailored to suit different species and animal-use contexts. The tool identifies significant events that impact welfare and calculates a Cumulative Welfare Assessment Score (CWAS) over time, allowing users to see trends in an animal’s quality of life at a glance. By highlighting specific areas for refinement, AWAG empowers carers, researchers, and organizations to make data-driven decisions that directly enhance animal welfare. This webcast will explore how AWAG works, its flexibility across settings, and how its lifetime approach to animal well-being sets it apart from other assessment methods.

Earn continuing education credit from The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement towards 1.0 CAWA CEs. This webinar has also been pre-approved for 1.0 continuing education credits by the National Animal Care & Control Association (NACA). It has also been approved for 1 hour of continuing education credit until 9/2/27 in jurisdictions which recognize RACE approval. Complete the quiz to earn continuing education credit. Please enroll in Maddie's University to get a certificate of attendance. https://university.maddiesfund.org/pr...

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