Discipline: Law

Le transport maritime des animaux vivants destinés à l’abattage

Académie vétérinaire de France

Published in 2021

In view of the increasing number of accidents related to the transport of live animals by sea, the Veterinary Academy sets out the existing regulations, identifies the ways these rules can be broken, announces the creation of a working group to issue an opinion on the matter and, pending this, makes a number of recommendations.

Document Types: Opinions

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Keywords: Societal issues, Stress, Transport

Welfare of pigs being handled, stunned and bled in the slaughterhouse

EURCAW-Pigs

Published in 2021

Presentation of the EURCAW-Pigs report on the welfare of pigs in abattoirs, providing the regulatory background and focusing on the animal-based indicators and areas of intervention that should be incorporated in veterinary inspections.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Consciousness, Pain, Carcass quality, Stress

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Animal welfare on the farm - ex-post evaluation of the EU legislation: Prospects for animal welfare labelling at EU level - European Implementation Assessment

European Parliamentary Research Service

Published in 2021

Ex-post evaluation of EU animal-welfare labelling legislation, applying the criteria of relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, coherence and EU added value

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Keywords: Welfare indicators

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French Assemblée Nationale: Written answer to question 34377:Bien-être des poissons en élevage

Vincent Ledoux (Agir ensemble - Nord), French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2021

Answer to a parliamentary question on whether the French Government intends to regulate the conditions under which farmed fish are reared to ensure their welfare

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Fish

Keywords: Societal issues, Livestock farming system

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French Assemblée Nationale: Written answer to question n°32507: Conditions d’élevage et les mutilations subies par les chapons

Dimitri Houbron (Agir ensemble - Nord), French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2021

Answer to a parliamentary question on whether the French Government intends to ban the practice of caponisation.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords: Pain, Societal issues, Mutilation

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French Assemblée Nationale: Written answer to question n°37408: La réglementation de l’abattage des animaux

Laurence Trastour-Isnart (Les Républicains - Alpes-Maritimes), French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2021

Answer to an EU parliamentary question on the availability of statistics on the demand for and production of meat from ritual slaughter

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Keywords:Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues

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French Assemblée Nationale: Written answer to question n°34378: Conditions d’élevage et les mutilations subies par les chapons

Danièle Obono (La France insoumise - Paris), French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2021

Answer to a parliamentary question on the Government's intentions regarding the practice of caponisation.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords: Pain, Societal issues, Mutilation

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French Assemblée Nationale: Written answer to question n°32713: Conditions d’élevage et de castration des chapons en France

Alexandra Valetta Ardisson (La République en Marche - Alpes-Maritimes), French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2021

Answer to a parliamentary question on a possible legal ban on the practice of caponisation.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords: Pain, Societal issues, Mutilation

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French Assemblée Nationale: Written answer to question No 37355: Règlementation de l’abattage des animaux-Dérogation à l’obligation d’étourdir

Claire O'Petit (La République en Marche - Eure), French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2021

Answer to a parliamentary question on the availability of statistical data on the production of and demand for meat from ritual slaughter.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Keywords:Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues

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French Assemblée Nationale: Written answer to question n°38226: Abattage sans étourdissement

Nicolas Dupont-Aignan (Non-registered - Essonne), French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2021

Answer to a parliamentary question on the availability of statistical data on the production of and demand for meat from ritual slaughter.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Keywords:Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues

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