# The Wild Animal Welfare Committee

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC045958
- **Known as:** WAWC
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** Sept. 4, 2015
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC045958


## Contact

- **Address:** c/o 9 Craighill Gardens, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Midlothian
- **Postcode:** EH10 5PY
- **Website:** www.wawcommittee.org



## Activities

**Activities:** &#x27;It carries out activities or services itself&#x27;

**Purposes:** &#x27;the advancement of animal welfare&#x27;

**What the charity does:** We provide independent advice and evidence about the welfare of free-living wild animals in the UK, aiming to reduce harm to animals and prevent suffering caused by human activity.

**Beneficiaries:** &#x27;No specific group, or for the benefit of the community&#x27;

**Objectives:** The organisation?s Objects are to advance animal welfare by: 4.1 Providing an independent evidence base for evaluating, monitoring, assessing and improving decisions affecting the welfare of free-living wild animals in the UK. 4.2 Increasing awareness of the importance and value of wild animals in general. 4.3 Promoting the welfare of individual wild animals in particular. 4.4 Highlighting harm to, and suffering of, wild animals caused by human activity, with the aim of reducing these negative impacts.





## Geography

- **Main operating location:** City of Edinburgh
- **Geographical spread:** Scotland and other parts of the UK







