One welfare a framework to improve animal welfare and human well-being

Introduction 7

Health is an important part of welfare; improving health always improves

welfare, and improving welfare can often result in improvements to health

(Broom, 2016). The One Welfare approach can help encourage those who

use animals in any way to consider animal welfare as part of their approach

and think of them as sentient individuals. This can lead to better treatment

and better welfare for all.

The purpose of One Welfare is not to create a parallel structure, separate

from One Health, but instead to complement and amplify its benefits within

the least developed and known areas of animal, human and environmental