Published in 2023
Scientific article showing the relationship between the personality of cats and dogs and that of their owners, as well as that between the owner's mental well-being and the animal's undesirable behavior.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Canines, Felines
Keywords:Anxiety, Personality, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2024
Scientific review of the mechanism, ontogeny, function and evolution of tail-wagging behavior in dogs.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Canine
Published in 2024
Answer to a question asking whether the Commission intends to step up the fight against puppy trafficking by computerizing animal health certificates and other documents issued by the competent authorities as a way to guarantee their authenticity and make them available to the authorities of other Member States via an online database.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Canine
Keywords:Animal trade, Identification
Published in 2023
Answer to a question on the effects of inflation on pet owners. It asked about the possibility of government measures to provide financial support to associations in view of the increase in the number of abandoned pets. It also asked whether veterinary fees could be fixed and veterinary medicines made more widely available.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Canines, Felines
Keywords: Adoption,Abandonment, Maltreatment, One Welfare, Human-Animal Relationships, Societal Issues, Risk Management, Stress
Published in 2023
Answer to a question on whether the French Government plans to pursue the legislative changes initiated by the Law of November 30, 2021 by prohibiting the exploitation of domestic animals in traveling shows.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Cattle, Dogs, Goats, Equines, Birds (excluding poultry)
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Societal issues, Human-animal relationships, Stress
Published in 2024
Answer to a question on adapting the decree of October 25, 1982 on the breeding, keeping and possession of animals to improve living conditions for tethered dogs.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Canine
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Maltreatment, Living environment, Human-animal relationships, Stress
Published in 2023
Technical report summarizing the activities of EFSA's network subgroups on animal welfare as presented at their 2023 annual meeting, including the progress of EFSA's ongoing welfare mandates along with two new mandates, on dog and cat welfare, and on use of diathermic syncope for cattle stunning. Discussions took place on various subjects, including hypertypes and genetic diseases in dogs, the need for stunning before the killing of decapods, the assessment of welfare at pasture, and population reduction methods in the event of an avian flu crisis.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Cattle, Dogs, Goats, Equines, Felines, Molluscs, Sheep, Pigs, Poultry
Keywords:All subjects
Published in 2023
Scientific review examining the similarities and differences between halal standards in various Asian and Middle Eastern countries.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Cattle, Dogs, Sheep, Poultry
Keywords:Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues, Human-animal relationships, Stress
Published in 2023
Report on an investigation coordinated by DG SANTE and carried out by the EU's agri-food anti-fraud network from July 2022 to July 2023. Its aim was to detect irregularities and the falsification of official documents accompanying pets, to target undeclared and unregistered sales, and to deter illegal trade through the strengthening of border controls and monitoring within the EU. The report concludes that the illegal movement of cats and dogs presents considerable risks, not only for animal health and welfare and public health, but also for the economy, in the form of consumer fraud, unfair competition for breeders, tax evasion and undeclared income.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Canines, Felines
Keywords:Animal trade, Societal issues, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2023
Proposal to revise the European regulation on the transport of live animals in such a way as to reduce the animal welfare impacts of long journeys and repeated unloading and reloading, increase the space per animal during transport, improve transport conditions for vulnerable animals avoid exposing animals to extreme temperatures, facilitate the application of EU rules on animal welfare, and better protect animals exported to third countries and cats and dogs transported as part of an economic activity.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Cattle, Dogs, Goats, Equines, Felines, Sheep, Fish, Pigs, Poultry
Keywords: One Welfare, Human-animal relationships, Transport,Societal issues
Site map - Legal information - Privacy - Cookies - Accessibility - Design and production Numéria Communication
