Published in 2023
Article summarizing the scientific evidence to demonstrate the presence of invention and creativity in animals, particularly in play situations. According to the author, play fosters individual adaptability by developing inventive abilities.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: All animals
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Learning, training, Cognitive processes, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2023
Book discussing the consequences of the failure to define animal sentience in the French Civil Code, which states only that "animals are living beings endowed with sentience". The book explores the legal consequences of recognising animal sentience, the possibility of differences in sentience between species, and how to improve legal protections for such sentience.
Document Types: Scientific work
Animal categories: All animals
Keywords:Societal issues, One Welfare, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2023
A systematic review of the literature to determine whether glucocorticoid levels are a relevant indicator of animal welfare. It found that interventions that supposedly affect glucocorticoid levels do not always do so, and when they do, the changes in level are not always accompanied by changes in the associated welfare endpoints of behavior, morphology and physiology.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: All animals
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Welfare indicators, Stress
Published in 2023
Presentation of the section of the annual report of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) dedicated to adoption levels of its animal welfare standards in its member countries. These standards address the welfare of land and aquatic animals on the farm, during transport, at slaughter, in research and on specific topics such as the management of stray dogs.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: All animals
Keywords:All subjects
Published in 2023
Animal categories: All animals
Keywords:All subjects
Published in 2023
Scientific review describing animal DNA methylation patterns and methods for their analysis, an overview of the molecular and biological basis for the development of epigenetic biomarkers in veterinary science, and their potential use in animal welfare monitoring.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: All animals
Keywords: Animal-based measurements, Welfare indicators
Published in 2022
Article reviewing the history of animal welfare definitions since the 1960s, and supporting the idea that it relates to individuals and is based on an animal's feelings and experiences.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: All animals
Keywords: Animal-based measurements, Adaptation of the environment to the animal , Pain, Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Human-animal relationships, Livestock farming system
Published in 2022
Editorial, summarizing the definition of emotions, their different components (physiological, behavioral and subjective, related to the feeling and experience of the individual), the importance of social interactions in the emergence and modulation of emotions, new methods for studying animal emotions and future research.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: All animals
Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2022
Scientific review examining the influence of the Belgian political context on the activity of the animalist movement in that country, through the lens of two major political events: the 1986 creation and subsequent development of the Animal Welfare Council and the devolution of responsibility for animal welfare to the country's regions in 2014.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: All animals
Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2022
Article recalling the actions of British parliamentarian Richard Martin, who passed the world's first democratic animal welfare law in 1822, and reviewing the progress and limitations of animal welfare legislation to date, along with the challenges to come.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: All animals
Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships
