Published in 2025
CIWF report on the lack of ambition for animal welfare and the agro-ecological transition in French regional policy making. To transform livestock farming, the report considers it essential to incorporate strict criteria, improve sustainable practices and join up public policies at all levels.
Document types: Technical Paper
Animal categories: All animals
Published in 2025
Review describing the evolution of Chinese attitudes to animal welfare. Despite low levels of government commitment, interest in animal welfare science is growing in China, particularly the use of technology and remote sensing.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: All animals
Published in 2025
Sociological review considering the challenges to the welfare of humans and non-human animals that arise from cultural, political and social boundaries. A trans-species approach is key to understanding and managing these complex relationships in the Anthropocene era.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: All animals
Published in 2025
Philosophical commentary on changes in animal welfare laws. These reflect the shift in ethical approaches from the prevention of abuse to a duty of care towards animals. A four-level legal framework and a four-step assessment process make it possible to integrate explicit ethical principles into animal welfare management.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: All animals
Published in 2025
Study of the extent to which animal welfare is taken into account in legislation in the 27 EU Member States. Many controversial practices persist in certain countries, such as cage farming, force-feeding and the absence of protection for certain species. EU-wide harmonization of legislation is essential to guarantee uniform high standards.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: All animals
Published in 2025
Summary of advances in EU animal law, with an initial review covering 2019-2024.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: All animals
Published in 2025
Article summarizing recent scientific findings on animal consciousness. Although studies on bees, cuttlefish and fish point to signs of consciousness, the latter's acceptance as evidence would have major implications for neuroscience and animal welfare. Meanwhile, the lack of a unified theory or precise definition of animal consciousness complicates its assessment.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: All animals
Keywords:Consciousness, Pain, Cognitive processes
Published in 2025
Article looking at how WHOA's approach to animal welfare has changed, grouping the changes into three areas: acceptance of animal welfare as a topic in its own right, linked to but distinct from animal health; the broadening of its scope to cover all categories of domestic and wild animals; and the increased contextualization of animal welfare to reflect the specific attitudes and needs of different regions of the globe.
Document Types: Opinions
Animal categories: All animals
Keywords: Societal issues
Published in 2025
Summary exploring the potential benefits and risks of using livestock technology to improve animal welfare. Its success will depends on public and industry confidence, scientific proof of its effectiveness, and on demonstrable economic and environmental benefits.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: All animals
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Precision farmingIdentification, Welfare indicators
Published in 2025
Consensus sur la définition du bien-être animal positif
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: All animals
Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Consciousness, Enrichment, Welfare indicators, Memory, Prenatal issues, Cognitive processes, Evolutionary processes
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