animal welfare

ILRI News on animal welfare

24 Jun 2021

Former ABCF fellow’s research is conserving and improving indigenous goats in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Livestock farming is an important source of income in rural households in African countries. Goats, which were one of the first animals to be domesticated in the continent, are especially important in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where they are kept by 75% of the rural population and...

Mwihaki MundiaCommunications Officer - BecA

ILRI News

06 Jul 2020

Grass roots vaccination campaigns support rabies eradication in Kenya

Rabies vaccination campaign in Laikipia (photo credit: Laikipia Wildlife Forum). Today we celebrate the World Zoonoses Day. To raise awareness about the risks of zoonotic disease, a recent study by scientists from a cohort of institutes including the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI...