Animal category: Felines

ssemblée nationale : réponse écrite à la question n°12993 : Mesures pour lutter contre les abandons des animaux

Question: Boris Vallaud (Socialistes et apparentés - Landes). Answer: Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty

Published in 2024

Answer to a parliamentary question from a French Member of Parliament asking MASA about the measures planned by the Government to combat animal abandonment, such as awareness-raising, communication, and support for rescue associations and shelters.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories:Canine, Equine, Feline, Exotic pets

Keywords:Abandonment, Adoption, Abuse

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European Parliament: Written answer to Question E-003229/23: Lack of reliable data on the commercial movements of cats and dogs

Question: Petras Auštrevičius (Renew). Answer: Mrs Kyriakides on behalf of the European Commission.

Published in 2024

Reply from the European Commission to a question on the lack of reliable data on commercial movements of cats and dogs, which compromises the purpose of the TRACES system.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Canines, Felines

Keywords:Animal trade, Identification, Transport

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30/01/2024 : Assemblée Nationale : réponse écrite à la question 11681 : Abandons d’animaux en France

question: Aurélien Saintoul (La France insoumise - Nouvelle Union Populaire écologique et sociale - Hauts-de-Seine). Answer: Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty.

Published in 2024

Answer to a parliamentary question concerning the number of abandoned pets, for which France holds the European record. The questioner had asked whether the government was planning to introduce a price freeze for pet products and a price scale for veterinary services, whether a campaign to sterilize stray animals was planned, and whether the budget allocated to animal shelter associations would be increased.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Canines, Felines

Keywords:Abandonment, Adoption

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Pet and owner personality and mental wellbeing associate with attachment to cats and dogs

Aada Ståhl, Milla Salonen, Emma Hakanen, Salla Mikkola, Sini Sulkama, Jari Lahti, Hannes Lohi

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

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Assemblée nationale : réponse écrite à la question n°8789 : Situation préoccupante des organisations de protection animale

Question: Mrs Josy Poueyto (Démocrate (MoDem et Indépendants) - Pyrénées-Atlantiques). Answer: French Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty

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

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Fetching felines: a survey of cat owners on the diversity of cat (Felis catus) fetching behaviour

Jemma Forman, Elizabeth Renner, David A. Leavens

Published in 2023

Scientific article showing that, according to cat owners, where cats engage in "fetching" sessions, it is mostly the cats who determine when sessions begin and end and actively influence their owners' play behavior.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Felines

Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Cognitive processes, Human-animal relationships

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Annual report of the EFSA Networks on Animal Welfare 2023

EFSA

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

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Illegal trade of cats & dogs - EU enforcement action

DG SANTE, European Commission

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

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Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Protection of Animals during Transport and related Operations, amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/97 and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005

DG SANTE, European Commission

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

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Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability

DG SANTE, European Commission

Published in 2023

First EU legislative proposal concerning the welfare of dogs and cats in kennels, shelters and pet shops. It includes compulsory microchip identification and registration for animals sold in the EU, compulsory licensing of breeding establishments, a harmonization of the regulations on housing, breeding and care; awareness-raising among buyers of the care, feeding and veterinary needs of pets; adequate training in animal care and welfare for those employed as carers by such establishments; a system to allow buyers to check the identification and registration of animals supplied via online platforms; and a requirement for imported animals to meet the same welfare standards as those bred in the EU.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Canines, Felines

Keywords: Adoption, Human-animal relationships,Abandonment, Societal issues

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