Published in 2024
Answer to a question from a member of parliament asking the Ministry to enforce the ban on crushing male chicks, including regular checks in hatcheries, and to extend the regulations to female ducklings.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Euthanasia, Abuse, Prenatal issues, Livestock farming system
Published in 2024
Answer to a question from a Member of the European Parliament on the Commission's planned strategy to support the development of mobile abattoirs.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Bovines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Key word:Animal trade, Euthanasia, Abuse, Livestock farming system, Transport
Published in 2024
Answer from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty to a question on the total ban on live castration and piglet slapping, a technique that consists of killing young animals deemed too weak by beating them against a wall.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Castration, Carcass quality, Euthanasia, Pain, Mistreatment, Mutilation, Sterilization
Published in 2024
Answer to a senator's question on the maximum number of adult dogs permitted at an address before a breeder must change status from private to commercial breeding.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Canine
Keywords:Animal trade
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
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
Published in 2024
Answer from MASA to a parliamentary question from a French Member of Parliament on the revision of European legislation on the welfare and protection of farm animals, which has not as yet delivered all of the expected package, in particular the ban on cages due to be in place by 2027.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Cattle, Pigs, Poultry
Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Livestock buildings, Housing, Restraint equipment, Livestock farming system
Published in 2024
Answer to a question on how long it has taken the Commission and EFSA to prepare the revision of European legislation concerning the "End the Cage Age", a revision which was not fully completed in the end.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Cattle, Goats, Equines, Sheep, Fish, Pigs, Ruminants, Poultry
Keywords:Livestock buildings, Housing, Societal issues, Restraint equipment, livestock farming system
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
Keywords: One Welfare,Societal issues
Published in 2024
Article on the legal provisions set out in Article 13 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU) justifying certain trade restrictions on the grounds of respect for animal welfare. The authors point out that the procedures for transporting animals in large numbers do not comply with European legislation. As part of the current review of Regulation (EC) No. 1/2005 governing the transport of animals within and outside the EU, amendments should be considered to achieve effective animal welfare regulations.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Cattle, Pigs, Poultry
Keywords:Animal trade, Societal issues, Transportation
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