Animal category: All animals

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, Livestock farming system

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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

Keywords:Precision farming, 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, Modelling, One Welfare, Human-animal relationships, livestock farming system

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Animals and Social Welfare - Social Choice and Welfare, Forthcoming

Romain Espinosa

Published in 2023

Article setting out a framework for the assessment of the social benefits of animal-related policies in terms of both animal and human welfare. The framework is then used to evaluate 20 policy proposals concerning animals which, although strongly supported by the French public,  prove to have widely varying impacts on animal welfare. It reveals that willingness to pay is a poor indicator of the actual impact of these policies on animal welfare.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: All animals

Keywords:Societal issues, One Welfare, Human-animal relationships

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La résistible ascension de l’éthique ? Sciences sociales et question animale

Jérôme Michalon

Published in 2023

Article analyzing how the social sciences have taken on the question of human-animal relations and have participated in the creation of animal ethics as an obligatory framework for academic reflection.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: All animals

Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships

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Quelques évolutions des idées autour du comportement animal et du bien-être animal : un éthologue face à la société

Pierre Le Neindre

Published in 2023

Article looking at the history of applied ethology at INRAE over the past 50 years and how its objectives have evolved over time.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: All animals

Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues, Human-animal relationships

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Dossier thématique : le soin à l’animal

Sonia Desmoulin, Ninon Maillard, Brigitte Leblanc, Estelle Prietz, Maud Cintrat, François-Xavier Roux-Demare, Quentin Le Pluard, Krystel Barbe, Marine Grandgeorge, Jean-Jacques Gouguet, Gérard Leboucher, Sandra Laugier

Published in 2023

Dossier containing articles on the concept of care in veterinary medicine, its portrayal and semiotics, animal and human ethology, economics, philosophy, ethics, legal aspects, the human-animal relationship and animal interactions.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: All animals

Keywords:Consciousness, Societal issues, One Welfare, Human-animal relationships

Assemblée nationale : réponse à la question écrite 11032 : Instauration d'un permis de détention lors de l'acquisition d'un animal

Question: Anne-Laurence Petel (Renaissance - Bouches-du-Rhône ). Answer: Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty

Published in 2023

Answer to a question on whether the Government plans to introduce an animal keeper's licence prior to acquiring an animal, in addition to the certificate of commitment and knowledge introduced as part of the November 30, 2021 Law to combat animal abuse.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: All animals

Keywords: Adoption,Abandonment, Human-animal relationships, Abuse, Population management, Societal issues

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