Charities - animal research and medical

ASAB aims to further the understanding of animal behaviour at all educational levels and to promote animal welfare and conservation. We give grants to enable studies on the function, evolution, development and causation of behaviour, the results of which are widely reported. In particular, popular TV and radio programmes regularly use our members' work, as recognised by our patron, Sir David Attenborough.

The Trust supports the Veterinary School at the University of Bristol through funding for equipment and clinical facilities for the treatment and hospitalisation of animals. Veterinary science and skills are advancing at the same breakneck speed as medical science but are much more complex, encompassing as they do smaller companion animals, high value large animals such as blood stock and rare breeds and the exotic creatures and stranger species that many of our students encounter both at home and, increasingly, overseas. The most up-to-date equipment needed for new advanced techniques is vital but expensive and facilities for animals undergoing such treatment must be superlative.

Tailwaggers, registered as a charitable Trust in 1972, helps needy dog and cat owners in meeting the cost of an unplanned veterinary bill, due to a pet’s serious accident or illness.