The Animal Welfare Advisory Board has been advising the responsible minister on all animal welfare issues since 1991. With the current reorganisation, the committee is to react even more flexibly to technical and social developments. Its members are experts from science, agriculture, wild animal and laboratory animal husbandry as well as voluntary animal welfare organisations.
Dr Düpjan contributes her expertise in the field of animal behaviour and animal welfare research. Topics discussed at the first meeting included the introduction of an ‘animal welfare MOT’ for new housing systems and animal welfare options for dealing with invasive species.
The new Animal Welfare Advisory Board has been appointed for five years.
Other members:
- Prof Dr Lisa Bachmann - Neubrandenburg University of Applied Sciences, Chair of Animal Health Management
- Dr Yvonne Knauf - Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI)
- Dr Christoph Langner - Stralsund Zoo
- Jennifer Löbel-Lewke - Bauernverband Mecklenburg-Vorpommern e. V.
- Angelika Streubel - Rostocker Tierschutzverein e.V. - Tierheim Rostock - Schlage
