Animal category: All animals

Advancements in artificial intelligence technology for improving animal welfare: Current applications and research progress

Li Zhang, Wenqiang Guo, Chenrui Lv, Meng Guo, Mei Yang, Qiuyue Fu, Xiaomeng Liu

Published in 2024

Article summarizing the various technological advances in the field of artificial intelligence for animal health and welfare.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: All animals

Keywords:Animal-based measurement, Precision breeding, Welfare indicators, Robustness, Behavioural disorders

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Veille Droit Animal

Valentin Brunet

Published in 2024

Creation of a website listing animal protection legislation and regulations at European and French level

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: All animals

Keywords:All subjects

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Animal welfare as the basis of One Health: A UN convention on animal welfare, health, and protection poses a realistic solution to improved animal welfare and human health

Antoine F. Goetschel

Published in 2024

Scientific paper arguing that animal welfare should be included in the work of the OHHLEP (One Health High Level Expert Panel), and a technical working group should be created to finalize a UN convention on the issue resembling the 2018 UN Convention on Animal Health and Protection (UNCAHP). A transdisciplinary approach will be required, encompassing ethical, cultural, social, religious, political, economic and scientific aspects. In addition to veterinarians, experts from other disciplines linked to One Health will need to be consulted, such as specialized lawyers and jurists, representatives of animal rights movements, along withl as specialists in ethicseconomics.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: All animals

Key word: One Welfare,Societal issues

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Are regulations addressing farm animal welfare issues during live transportation fit for purpose? A multi-country jurisdictional check

Eugénie Duval, Benjamin Lecorps, Marina A. G. von Keyserlin

Published in 2024

Scientific article examining the effectiveness of animal welfare regulations on transport in five English-speaking Western jurisdictions. The study's findings show that regulations are insufficient to achieve the objective of protecting livestock during transport. The article identifies future policy directions more likely to meet this objective.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: All animals

Keywords: Societal issues, Transport

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Pathways towards lower emissions - A global assessment of the greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation options from livestock agrifood systems

Food and Agriculture Organizations of the United Nations

Published in 2024

FAO prospective study on livestock-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, which are likely to increase as a result of growing global demand for animal products. The study assesses the GHG emission reduction potential of various livestock farming techniques.

Document types: Technical Paper

Animal categories: All animals

Keywords:Environment, Pollution

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Bien-être animal : une préoccupation croissante

Vie Publique

Published in 2023

Updated version of Vie Publique's animal welfare dossier, with a recap of French and European legislation and examples of animal welfare initiatives in countries elsewhere in the world. It concludes with a look at the social issues involved.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: All animals

Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships

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European Parliament: written answer to priority question P-003061/23: Commission, where is the promised legislation on animal welfare ?

Ms Kyriakides on behalf of the European Commission

Published in 2024

Answer to a question on the postponement of the planned revision of European animal welfare regulations and of the possible ban on the caging of farm animals promised by the European Commission in response to the End the Cage Age European citizen's initiative.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: All animals

Keywords: Livestock buildings, Housing, Breeding and rearing systems

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Multi-animal 3D social pose estimation, identification and behaviour embedding with a few-shot learning framework

Yaning Han, Ke Chen, Yunke Wang, Wenhao Liu, Zhouwei Wang, Xiaojing Wang, Chuanliang Han, Jiahui Liao, Kang Huang, Shengyuan Cai, Yiting Huang, Nan Wang, Jinxiu Li, Yangwangzi Song, Jing Li, Guo-Dong Wang, Liping Wang, Yaping Zhang, Pengfei Wei

Published in 2024

Scientific article presenting a computer tool for quantifying subtle animal social behaviors in fields such as neuroscience and ecology

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: All animals

Key words:Precision breeding, Socialization

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European Parliament: written answer to question E-002692/2023 : Will the revision of animal welfare legislation occur under this mandate?

Question: Annika Bruna (ID), Aurélia Beigneux (ID). Answer: Mrs Kyriakides on behalf of the European Commission

Published in 2023

Answer to a question on the European Commission's intentions concerning the completion of the reform of EU animal welfare regulations that has now been postponed until after the 2024 European elections.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: All animals

Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships

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Animal welfare as a public good

Romain Espinosa, Nicolas Treich

Published in 2023

Article developing a model of animal consumption based on consumer altruism. According to this model, at the point where the market achieves equilibrium, quality is not  high enough and the quantity of animals whose lives are not worth living is too high.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: All animals

Keywords:Societal issues, Modeling, One Welfare, Human-animal relationship, Farming system

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