Welcome to the website of the Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre! The Centre was launched in September 2000 at the Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada where it started life in 1994 as the Animal Welfare Unit.

The Centre promotes animal welfare through service, research, and education. For further information, click on one of the menu items above.

WHAT’S NEW: (see Notices)

1. Second call! 2019 SJD Animal Welfare Graduate Scholarship 
2. Animal Welfare in Practice 2019: Dairy Welfare Assessment – AVC, September 20-21, 2019 
3. 2018 SJDAWC Annual Report
4. Talks and references: Animal Welfare in Practice 2018 Whale Stranding – Sept. 14-15, 2018
5. PDFs Animal welfare talks, Dr. David Mellor, AVC, October 2017