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Safeguarding the Welfare of Livestock Grazing on Nature Conservation Sites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 January 2023

F W Grayson
F W Grayson*
Affiliation:
Grazing Animals Project, Strathairlie, Carr Bank Road, Milnthorpe, Cumbria LA7 7LE, UK
*
billgrayson@farmersweekly.net
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Abstract

Nature conservationists frequently use domestic livestock to graze unimproved semi-natural vegetation in order to achieve the ecological objectives that they are seeking for the sites that they manage. This paper reviews the role of the Grazing Animals Project in raising awareness of the factors that affect the health, safety and general welfare of the animals involved in this activity. It also describes the measures being undertaken to ensure that the people charged with the care of grazing livestock on nature reserves are best equipped to deliver the management targets for the land without compromising the well-being of the animals.

Keywords

animal selectionanimal welfareconservationdiseasegrazingnutrition
Type
Research Article
Information
Animal Welfare , Volume 12 , Issue 4: Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on the Assessment of Animal Welfare at Farm and Group Level , November 2003 , pp. 685 - 688
Copyright
© 2003 Universities Federation for Animal Welfare

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