Overview of companion animal welfare transition through veterinary advances and societal change.
Companion animal welfare is undergoing rapid transition through veterinary innovation, societal expectation change, and legislative reform. Biological therapies for pain and disease are expanding treatment options with welfare benefits. Breed health reform is gaining policy traction. Preventive care models shift welfare benefits from crisis response to proactive management. Digital health monitoring democratises access to welfare monitoring. The pace of welfare improvement in companion animal medicine is accelerating.