Dr. Victor Yamo, the Humane and Sustainable Agriculture Campaign Manager at World Animal Protection Africa office has asked the government of Uganda to add animal a protection program on the curriculum to simplify the dissemination and understanding of animal welfare knowledge.
Speaking to journalists at a media workshop that was organized by World Animal Protection unit on Tuesday, Dr. victor said discussing animal welfare and management at an old age is a bit challenging.
“If you are brought up understanding animal welfare and implications of animal welfare, then we have an easier task than waiting for you to get to the University and then bring you this subject called animal welfare.”
Yamo says that children nurtured around welfare of animals do better, citing research on the power of pets that shows that children who study about animals show better social skills and more sharing, cooperation and volunteering.
He also highlighted the need for veterinaries from the animals’ side to work in a one health process with the medical personnel from the human side and environmentalists to improve animal welfare and food production, as it leads to food poisoning.
“If your production system is unhygienic, the animal in the system gets sick and contaminates your food system. For instance, when you give an animal rotten maize, the animal will get mycotoxins which will end up in your milk, eggs and meat. When you consume these mycotoxins, you end up with cancers.” He added
In a survey done in supermarkets in Kenya by the World Animal Protection unit, they found out that 33% of the meat has superbugs which are resistant to three or more antibiotics which means that a consumer who takes this meant, ends up with food born diseases.
