Published in 2025
Review summarizing current knowledge on farming practices that affect calf welfare, from birth to departure from the farm, highlighting the importance of colostrum, feed, housing and pain management.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines
Published in 2025
A study of regenerative farming in the northwestern United States, highlighting tensions between the relational values expressed by ranchers and certain culturally-rooted practices. It highlights the potential of this model to improve human-animal relationships, provided that animal welfare is explicitly integrated into agricultural decision-making and policies.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Published in 2025
Systematic review showing that environmental sounds and animal vocalizations have promise as non-invasive indicators of animal welfare. Despite technological advances, challenges remain in terms of standardization, physiological validation and practical application under real-life commercial conditions.
Document Types: Scientific review
Published in 2025
Study comparing the preferences and levels of consensus of non-farmers and farmers on a set of agricultural policy objectives using surveys conducted in Switzerland. Farmers and non-farmers agree on the importance of food production and farm incomes, but non-farmers place more importance on low food prices and agri-environmental objectives than farmers.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Published in 2025
Survey of 6,000 German consumers showing that multi-level animal welfare labels allow better product differentiation and greater willingness to pay. The latter varied according to meat type, income and gender, being notably higher for beef and chicken, as well as among women and affluent households.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Published in 2025
Study carried out at an Italian checkpoint (2019-2024) showing that long animal journeys, mainly of sheep from France to Greece, are often associated with welfare problems, particularly in pigs.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Published in 2025
Answer from the French Government to a question from a Deputy calling for a national audit of abattoirs following the L214 group's exposure of cruel practices. The government replies that abattoirs are already tightly controlled, with regular inspections, annual audits and reinforced inspection, and is looking into the roll-out of video surveillance despite the constraints involved.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Published in 2025
Answer from the European Commission to a question from MEPs on how it plans to implement and monitor compliance with binding mirror measures that ensure a level playing field on animal welfare standards between importers of meat and European producers. The Commission responds that its future legislative proposals on animal welfare will include equivalent requirements for imported products, in compliance with WTO obligations.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Published in 2025
Answer from the European Commission to a question from MEPs on the illegal transport of unweaned calves from Austria and Germany to Spain that are then sent to slaughter without stunning in North Africa and the Middle East. The Commission states that it has no information on the specific case, but acknowledges that it has received several similar complaints. It reminds MEPs that compliance with regulations is primarily the responsibility of Member States, and points out that its proposal for a new regulation is intended to strengthen the rules and penalties in order to better protect vulnerable animals during transport.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Bovines
Published in 2025
Study presenting the "future dairy barn" (FEL) concept, designed to better integrate the behavioral and social needs of dairy cattle. This alternative breeding model aims to sustainably improve their well-being while meeting societal expectations.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines
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