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Animal Welfare and Protection Organization (AWPO) as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) is registered by the NGO Board of Uganda Government - Registration Number: 13184. It is non-profit making, voluntary and charity based. Government policy permits Civil Society Organizations such as AWPO to perform certain functions in their respective Sectors especially where there is a gap in service delivery. Clearly, there is a gap in the recognition, appreciation of the situation and delivery of mandatory services related to: kindness to animals / animal welfare / animal wellbeing in Uganda with cruelty or abuse increasing by the day especially as commercialism picks up in the animal industry.

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