ABOUT ONE WELFARE
One Welfare serves to highlight the interconnections between animal welfare, human wellbeing and the environment. It fosters transdisciplinary collaboration to improve human and animal welfare internationally. One Welfare also helps to promote key global objectives such as supporting food security, sustainability, reducing human suffering and improving productivity within the farming sector through a better understanding of the value of high welfare standards.
One Welfare extends the approach of (and partially overlaps) the One Health theme used for human and animal health. A One Welfare approach promotes the direct and indirect links of animal welfare to human welfare and environmentally friendly animal-keeping systems.
Increasing education and awareness will help to establish different ways of working and improve efficiency within local and global networks of those working in animal welfare, human wellbeing and environmental issues. It will overall support implementation of sustainable development goals.
One Welfare serves to highlight the interconnections between animal welfare, human wellbeing and the environment. It fosters transdisciplinary collaboration to improve human and animal welfare internationally. One Welfare also helps to promote key global objectives such as supporting food security, sustainability, reducing human suffering and improving productivity within the farming sector through a better understanding of the value of high welfare standards.
One Welfare extends the approach of (and partially overlaps) the One Health theme used for human and animal health. A One Welfare approach promotes the direct and indirect links of animal welfare to human welfare and environmentally friendly animal-keeping systems.
Increasing education and awareness will help to establish different ways of working and improve efficiency within local and global networks of those working in animal welfare, human wellbeing and environmental issues. It will overall support implementation of sustainable development goals.
OUR FOUNDER
Dr. Rebeca García Pinillos
Rebeca García Pinillos graduated as a veterinarian from the University of Zaragoza, Spain and completed a PhD at the University of Reading, England. Rebeca is a graduate of the European College of Animal Welfare and Behavioral Medicine and a certified specialist by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) in animal welfare, ethics and law. She has worked in general veterinary medicine and as a government veterinarian since 2001. Rebeca has also volunteered with exotic animals in a number of countries and is an internationally recognized speaker and lecturer in the fields of one welfare and animal welfare, educating and giving lectures worldwide.
Rebeca had the idea of One Welfare in the year 2014. She has worked tirelessly ever since drafting, developing, and setting up networks. Rebeca founded the non-profit social enterprise One Welfare Community Interest Company, which started as a voluntary project, launching a global consultation to define the concept of One Welfare and create the framework One Welfare as a complement to One Health. Rebeca's entrepreneurial side took her to learn new skills, reach out to professionals beyond the veterinary and animal welfare field to establish a One Welfare web presence. Rebeca has created social media platforms, drafted the One Welfare umbrella original sketch and worked hard to create the branding and logo now globally recognised.
Since 2014 our founder has worked tirelessly to establish, educate, and disseminate the One Welfare concept. She is a never-ending well of ideas some of which she is yet to develop. Initiatives launched to date in are the publication of the One Welfare Framework book, the first ever published in this field; the One Welfare World, One Welfare Phoenix, One Welfare Silkworm and One Welfare Learning projects as well as the “One Welfare Science slaM (OWSM) sessions” launched as part of the One Welfare World conference in 2021.
Rebeca had the idea of One Welfare in the year 2014. She has worked tirelessly ever since drafting, developing, and setting up networks. Rebeca founded the non-profit social enterprise One Welfare Community Interest Company, which started as a voluntary project, launching a global consultation to define the concept of One Welfare and create the framework One Welfare as a complement to One Health. Rebeca's entrepreneurial side took her to learn new skills, reach out to professionals beyond the veterinary and animal welfare field to establish a One Welfare web presence. Rebeca has created social media platforms, drafted the One Welfare umbrella original sketch and worked hard to create the branding and logo now globally recognised.
Since 2014 our founder has worked tirelessly to establish, educate, and disseminate the One Welfare concept. She is a never-ending well of ideas some of which she is yet to develop. Initiatives launched to date in are the publication of the One Welfare Framework book, the first ever published in this field; the One Welfare World, One Welfare Phoenix, One Welfare Silkworm and One Welfare Learning projects as well as the “One Welfare Science slaM (OWSM) sessions” launched as part of the One Welfare World conference in 2021.
OUR HISTORY
Our Founder, Dr. Rebeca García Pinillos thought of and mentioned for the first time ever One Welfare in the year 2014, during a meeting with the UK Food Standards Agency discussing animal welfare at slaughter, whilst trying to describe how she thought this also connected to the wellbeing of staff and the environment they work within.
Rebeca embarked on a quest to shape this essence into reality. Guided by her inner light, Rebeca forged ahead, and discussed this idea with colleagues and was encouraged to develop it further. Some flagged to her that they had heard of the term 'One Welfare' before but not in the same all embracing way expressed by Rebeca. As a result Rebeca carried out a literature review search to identify previous papers mentioning One Welfare and identified an editorial by Colonius and Early, from 2013 calling for a broader framework of work and action to bring together human welfare, social welfare and animal welfare. A colleague also pointed out to her an abstract from a conference presentation by N. Waran in 2012, not available online at the time, related to a food hungry world and the synergies between animal welfare and human welfare. Following these findings she approached the authors of both publications naming One Welfare to explain that she had separately thought of this concept in a different, broader, way and invited them to come together and collaborate on a joined up paper but without any luck.
Rebeca developed her idea with a set of initial One Welfare outcomes. Mindful that others had mentioned 'One Welfare' in a different way she run a stakeholder workshop at Defra, UK. She identified fellow colleagues that applied what she thought of as a 'One Welfare' approach in their daily work and invited them to unite their voices in a paper to describe One Welfare as a platform for improving human and animal welfare that was published in 2015 and resonated widely internationally. As part of this Rebeca developed the One Welfare umbrella and initial One Welfare outcomes.
Following this Rebeca signed a contract with a publisher to write the first One Welfare book. As part of her research work for the book she launched an independent global consultation inviting all interested parties to comment and contribute on a proposed definition and framework for One Welfare. She received around 200 responses spread across the five continents and different professions, collated all input and in this collaborative way coined the One Welfare definition and framework. She thereafter created a brand logo and an online presence through social media for the One Welfare concept.
Rebeca founded One Welfare CIC in 2018 as a platform bringing together all things One Welfare. She has collaborated and built up a global network that spans across all continents, educating and providing talks about the One Welfare concept. Through her tireless efforts the One Welfare concept is now widespread and has already been adopted by many organisations, Governments and Universities globally.
Rebeca embarked on a quest to shape this essence into reality. Guided by her inner light, Rebeca forged ahead, and discussed this idea with colleagues and was encouraged to develop it further. Some flagged to her that they had heard of the term 'One Welfare' before but not in the same all embracing way expressed by Rebeca. As a result Rebeca carried out a literature review search to identify previous papers mentioning One Welfare and identified an editorial by Colonius and Early, from 2013 calling for a broader framework of work and action to bring together human welfare, social welfare and animal welfare. A colleague also pointed out to her an abstract from a conference presentation by N. Waran in 2012, not available online at the time, related to a food hungry world and the synergies between animal welfare and human welfare. Following these findings she approached the authors of both publications naming One Welfare to explain that she had separately thought of this concept in a different, broader, way and invited them to come together and collaborate on a joined up paper but without any luck.
Rebeca developed her idea with a set of initial One Welfare outcomes. Mindful that others had mentioned 'One Welfare' in a different way she run a stakeholder workshop at Defra, UK. She identified fellow colleagues that applied what she thought of as a 'One Welfare' approach in their daily work and invited them to unite their voices in a paper to describe One Welfare as a platform for improving human and animal welfare that was published in 2015 and resonated widely internationally. As part of this Rebeca developed the One Welfare umbrella and initial One Welfare outcomes.
Following this Rebeca signed a contract with a publisher to write the first One Welfare book. As part of her research work for the book she launched an independent global consultation inviting all interested parties to comment and contribute on a proposed definition and framework for One Welfare. She received around 200 responses spread across the five continents and different professions, collated all input and in this collaborative way coined the One Welfare definition and framework. She thereafter created a brand logo and an online presence through social media for the One Welfare concept.
Rebeca founded One Welfare CIC in 2018 as a platform bringing together all things One Welfare. She has collaborated and built up a global network that spans across all continents, educating and providing talks about the One Welfare concept. Through her tireless efforts the One Welfare concept is now widespread and has already been adopted by many organisations, Governments and Universities globally.
