Animal category: Cattle

European Parliament resolution of 16 February 2022 on the Implementation Report on On-Farm Animal Welfare

European Parliament

Published in 2022

Text of the resolution adopted by the European Parliament to support animal welfare on farms. It will serve as the basis for the development of new EU rules in this area.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Keywords:Societal issues, Breeding and Rearing systems, Stress, Welfare indicators

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European Parliament: Written answer to Question E-005354/21: Animal welfare checks at EU exit points

Question: Thomas Waitz (Greens/EFA). Answer: Ms Kyriakides on behalf of the European Commission

Published in 2022

Written answer to a question on the exits of live animals from the EU occurring in Kakavia, Greece, without any animal welfare controls, in contravention of the EU regulations on EU exit points.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Keywords: Societal issues, Transport

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French Senate: Written answer to question n° 25413: Respect du bien-être animal dans les abattoirs

Question: Hugues Saury (Loiret - Les Républicains). Answer: French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2022

Answer to a question on the claims of non-compliance made in a video of the association L214 in an abattoir in Saône-et-Loire and on whether the French Government might be willing to regularise the sanctions observed.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Keywords: Anxiety, Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues, Fear, Stress

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Sustainable Farming Incentive: how the scheme will work in 2022

Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

Published in 2021

UK Government document setting out the practical details of  the measures in its Sustainable Farming Incentive Scheme. Farmers will be paid more for provision of a number of public benefits, including animal health and welfare.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Keywords: Environment, Human-animal relationships,Societal issues, Stress

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French Assemblée Nationale: Written answer to question n°36062: Conditions d'Abattage

Answer to a question on the Government's position on the ban on the slaughter of farm animals without prior stunning for religious reasons.

Published in 2022

Answer to a question on the Government's position on the ban on the slaughter of farm animals without prior stunning for religious reasons.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories:Cattle, Goats, Sheep, Poultry

Keywords:Awareness, Pain, Societal issues, Stress

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Ending routine farm antibiotic use in Europe through improving animal health and welfare

Cóilín Nunan

Published in 2022

Report recommending ten farming practices to achieve a significant reduction in the use of antibiotics on European farms while improving animal health and welfare.

Document Types: Opinions

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Keywords:Antibiotic resistance

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Animal Welfare and Parasite Infections in Organic and Conventional Dairy Farms: A Comparative Pilot Study in Central Italy

Matteo Chincarini, Lydia Lanzoni, Jorgelina Di Pasquale, Simone Morelli, Giorgio Vignola, Barbara Paoletti, Angela Di Cesare

Published in 2022

Scientific paper comparing the animal welfare and parasite loads in dairy cows between groups reared organically and conventionally,  finding no significant differences for either criterion, despite the fact that organic farms carried out no treatments for parasites.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords: Breeding and rearing systems

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Monitoring consumer attitudes to welfare is crucial

Susie Stannard

Published in 2022

Presentation of the results of an AHDB survey, demonstrating that animal welfare is a growing concern for British consumers. However, the latter are not prepared to pay more for their meat because they overestimate the quality of welfare conditions on British farms,. They are nevertheless increasingly aware of the health problems associated with farming practices.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Keywords: Societal issues, Breeding and rearing systems

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Organisation des contrôles officiels relatifs à la protection animale en abattoir au moment de la mise à mort et des opération annexes

Bureau des établissements d'abattage et de découpe

Published in 2022

Technical Instruction specifying changes to the procedures associated with the official monitoring of animal protection in the abattoir at the time of slaughter in France

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Keywords:Anxiety, Awareness, Pain, Societal issues, Stress

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Report on the investigation into alleged breaches and maladministration in the application of Union Law on the protection of animals during transport, both within and outside the Union

Daniel Buda, Isabel Carvalhais, Commission of Inquiry into the Protection of Animals during Transport

Published in 2021

Conclusions of the report of the Committee of Inquiry into the protection of animals during transport. Its recommendations include reductions in journey times, better protection of young animals and pregnant females, conditions placed on the export of live animals to third countries, and better information for consumers. It stresses the need to improve and supplement existing EU legislation.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Keywords: Stress, Transport

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