Farm Animals

Cattle Welfare Hotspots: Global Priority Areas

Identifying global hotspots of cattle welfare concern enables priority targeting of research, advocacy, and regulatory effort for maximum impact.

Key Facts

Extensive range cattle in Sub-Saharan Africa face tick burden, drought, and veterinary access challenges
Feedlot expansion in Brazil and China is creating new high-volume welfare risk areas
Export live cattle trade from Australia to Southeast Asia remains a major welfare concern
Dairy intensification in South and Southeast Asia is creating welfare challenges without corresponding regulatory capacity

Welfare Considerations

Global cattle welfare is unevenly distributed, with significant concentrations of welfare problems in specific production systems and geographies. Targeting advocacy, research, and capacity building toward these hotspots enables more efficient use of limited welfare resources.

What You Can Do

Support organisations working on cattle welfare in the global south
Engage with campaigns targeting specific high-impact welfare concerns such as live export
Advocate for welfare capacity building to accompany agricultural development programmes