The Farm Animal Welfare Council (FAWC) is an independent advisory body tasked with reviewing the welfare of UK farm animals and informing the Government on any legislative or other changes that may be necessary. In 2004 FAWC published a 43 page report on welfare implications relating to animal breeding and animal breeding technologies. FAWC believes that breeding practices have the potential to both positively and negatively affect farm animal welfare and that it is an area requiring consideration of both the needs of animals, to ensure their good welfare, and the needs of producers, to remain viable in a highly competitive and global market.