Animal welfare and five freedoms

In 1965, an inquiry into the welfare of farm animals was conducted in the UK. As a result of this inquiry, people were made aware of the need for animals to stand up, lie down, turn around, stretch and be able to groom. The council believes that the welfare of an animal should be considered with reference to ‘Five Freedoms’.

• Freedom from hunger and thirst
• Freedom from discomfort
• Freedom from pain, injury and disease
• Freedom to express normal behaviour
• Freedom from fear and distress

The Egyptian Society for Animal Management is a scientific non-profit organization registered in 2003 with No. 1891, Giza , Egypt. It is located at Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt

Free Medical convoy for camels in pyramids district, Egypt

The Egyptian Society for Animal Management, the Brock Charitable Hospital Society, and the Egyptian Society for Animal Friends, representatives of the Egyptian Federation of Animal Welfare Societies, in cooperation with the Directorate of Veterinary Medicine in Giza, organized a free treatment convoy for camels and horses in Nazlet Al-Siman and the Sphinx in the Haram region, for a period of three days, in the period from 13-15 December 2008. This was followed by an important symposium held at the Oasis Hotel in the pyramids on Tuesday, 16 December 2008, in order to educate owners of camels and horses about the principles of animal welfare. Kindness to animals and how to properly care for animals and protect them from diseases that distort the external appearance of the animal, which leads to the tourist’s aversion to riding a camel or a horse, and this negatively affects the tourism industry in Egypt. The convoy was supervised for a period of three days by Prof. Dr. Rabih Hassan Fayed, President of the Egyptian Society for Animal Care, Mr. Brigadier General / Hassan Sami, Consultant at Brock Charitable Hospital, and Mr. Ahmed El-Sherbiny, President of the Egyptian Society of Animal Friends and President of the Egyptian Federation of Animal Welfare Societies. On the first day, Mr. Dr. Sayed Gad El Mawla, Undersecretary of the Ministry and Director of the Directorate of Veterinary Medicine in Giza, and Mr. Dr. Mahmoud Abdel Salam, Director General of the Directorate of Veterinary Medicine, attended the first day and at the Oasis Hotel symposium. It was intended and sick animals were collected by Dr. Ahmed Atallah, Director of the Al-Haram Veterinary Unit, and the owners of horses and camels responded to the convoy and attended in large numbers to benefit from the free examination and treatment. Animal care by providing the treating veterinarians as well as the necessary medicines and tools to treat and perform various surgeries for camels