"The relevance of animal welfare to the G77 is clear: of the one billion poorest people in the world, over 750 million depend totally on animals for a living. Most of those poor live in G77 countries," said Major General Peter Davies, Director General of WSPA.

This was the highest-level presentation about animal welfare ever received at UN headquarters in New York, showing that compassionate treatment of animals is now gaining widespread, serious consideration.

The World Society for the Protection of Animals worked with a representative from the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture to highlight how animal welfare is an essential component of the UN's own development goals, including their environmental and humanitarian agenda.

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