Regulations on animal welfare in pet shops
Published in 2017
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Canines, Felines
Keywords: Enrichment, Human-animal relationships
Discipline: Law
Recommendations concerning changes to the rules on animal welfare in abattoirs and compliance monitoring
Published in 2019
Document Types: Opinions
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Monogastrics, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords: Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues, Restraint equipment, Carcass quality, Human-animal relationships
Rencontres Animal et Société Report
Published in 2008
"Le Grenelle de l'animal" as organized in 2008 under N. Sarkozy and M. Barnier (Minister of Agriculture)
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Keywords: Societal issues
2016-2020 Strategy for Animal Welfare
Published in 2016
The French Ministry of Agriculture and Food's detailed action plan for the period 2016-2020
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Keywords: Livestock farming system
Guide to Good Practice - Controlling the welfare of cattle at slaughter
Published in 2014
This guide has three main objectives:
- To provide, whatever the size of the establishment, a reference tool for professionals intended to guarantee that the regulations currently in force for animal welfare from the time of unloading until they cease to bleed are followed.
- To put forward interpretations of the requirements that are implicit in the Regulations and to translate new scientific knowledge into good practice.
- To provide a methodological tool for animal welfare management by, on the one hand, making recommendations for management and design and, on the other hand, monitoring methods that can be carried out by operators and that allow each production unit to assess the effectiveness of the measures put in place to maximise animal welfare from the moment they are delivered to the moment they are killed.
An opinion published in the Journal officiel de la République Française on 3 April 2014 validated this guide to good practice for the welfare of cattle at the abattoir in its November 2013 version.
Document Types: Good practice guide
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords: Risk management
Le bien-être animal : de la science au droit
Published in 2018
Researchers, experts and members of the European Commission and the French Ministry of Agriculture provide an array of answers to key questions: what scientific definition should be given to animal welfare? On what criteria should it be assessed? What national or international rights do respondents take into account? Which animals are involved? What are the obstacles to ensuring the welfare of animals? The answers provided here will strengthen the next steps towards new regulatory provisions.
Document Types: Scientific work
Animal categories: Monogastrics, Ruminants
Keywords: Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Societal issues, Human-animal relationships, Livestock farming system
Bien-être animal : contexte, définition, évaluation
Published in 2018
This concept note puts the issue of welfare back into its context, proposes a definition that takes account of the latest knowledge on the sensitivity and consciousness of animals, and considers their practical incorporation into animal husbandry. The importance of the welfare of animals dependent on humans (farm animals, pets, zoo animals, circus animals, laboratory animals, etc) has gradually asserted itself over the last 50 years, particularly in the context of animal production, and is at the heart of concerns over the future of animal husbandry. The concept of animal welfare is placed in its philosophical, societal and legal contexts, all of which influence the ways it is taken account of and the meanings assigned to it. Particular attention has been paid to the scientific foundations for the concept of welfare, based on the psychological characteristics of animals as sentient and conscious beings. ... Protocols for assessing animal welfare must therefore combine the analysis of behaviour and the physiological and health status of the animal with data on the environment.
Document Types: Scientific review
Keywords: Societal issues, Livestock farming system
Animal Welfare: Context, Definition and Assessment
Published in 2017
Document Types: Scientific review
Éthologie Appliquée : Comportements Animaux et Humains, Questions de Société.
Published in 2009
While there is growing recognition of applied ethology in France, offering real career opportunities for young graduates, much can still be gained by setting out its different aspects for a broader public. Such is the aim of this book, which describes in as much variety as possible the fields associated with this approach to animal behaviours, focusing on practical measures without neglecting the basic principles that underlie them. With the ongoing devopment of new disciplines and technologies (robotics, virtual reality, etc.), the ethological approach has been able to draw on substantial achievements in the integrative biology sector to innovate and meet societal expectations.
This book is the result of a collective enterprisem with various contributions from recognised scientists and professional ethologists who have been chosen for the complementarity of their skills in the discipline. The contributions are grouped to represent the main fields of activity where ethology is applied: 1) agronomy and animal husbandry, 2) protection of wild flora and fauna, 3) human health and industry, 4) ethical and legal issues related to animal husbandry and experimentation and, finally, 5) human behaviour. Given the diversity of these fields of application, the contribution of each author has been vital and we thank them for their commitment and efficiency. We would also like to thank the members of the French Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour, particularly its then President, for having believed in this work from the outset, for having supported its production and for having placed their trust in us despite a much longer development period than was initially envisaged. Last, we are grateful to Quae publications for having allowed us to turn this project into a reality.
Document Types: Scientific work
Keywords: Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Animal-based measurements, Anxiety, Learning, Training, Wildlife population dynamics, Experimentation, Welfare indicators, Modelling, Cognitive processes, Stress, Livestock farming system
Douleurs Animales en Elevage
Published in 2013
There is growing public sensitivity to animal pain across a variety of human activities: animal experimentation, pet cruelty, live performances such as in circuses, and the rearing of animals for human consumption. This situation gives rise to a sometimes difficult dialogue between animal rights campaigners who refuse to accept any exploitation of animals, those who advocate improvements to the living conditions of animals, and businesses who point out the financial constraints within their sectors. The contents of this expertise are intended to inform public decision-making and, beyond this, to provide a robust reference framework to argue positions and decisions in the public debate, and to identify the needs of research in this field in order to better respond to the questions raised.
Document Types: Scientific work
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Mammals, Monogastrics, Ovines, Fish, Porcines, Ruminants, Poultry
Keywords: Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Animal-based measurements, Pain, Precision farming, Experimentation, Force-feeding, Welfare indicators, Brain integration, Mutilation, Cognitive processes, Stress
