The WBVN was established primarily to encourage and develop best practice in animal welfare amongst veterinary professionals. We work with a wide range of stakeholder organisations to achieve this goal. We envisage a future when the WBVN will grow to include a wide variety of bodies drawn from other public, professional and academic fields, such as animal welfare NGOs, local government and educational bodies.

If you are interested in our work, you can enquire about becoming a participating institution here.

Current list of Participating Institutions

Albania
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Agricultural University of Tirana

Bosnia-Herzegovina
Veterinary Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sarajevo

Croatia
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development, Veterinary Directorate
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb
Croatian Veterinary Society
PIK Vrbovec d.d.

Kosovo
Kosovo Veterinary and Food Agency
Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Studies, University of Prishtina

Republic of Macedonia
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine – Skopje
Agria Klanica, Veles.

Montenegro
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management
Veterinary Directorate, Government of the Republic of Montenegro

Serbia
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Belgrade

United Kingdom
Animal Welfare Training, University of Bristol
RSPCA International
The participating institutions would like to acknowledge the support of the European Commission, Directorate-General Enlargement (TAIEX).