Published in 2024
Answer from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty to a member of parliament asking the State to grant financial help for animal shelters in the form of subsidies or tax benefits, for example by lowering employer contributions for employees.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Canine, Equine, Feline, Exotic pets
Keywords:Abandonment, Adoption
Published in 2024
The shared views of a group of INRAE researchers on the interdisciplinary research needed to support the transition to sustainable livestock production systems. Animal health and welfare are at the heart of these issues.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Societal issues, Environment, Living environment, One Welfare, Human-animal relationships, Livestock farming system
Published in 2024
On December 7, 2023, the European Commission brought forward only its proposed revision of the legislation on the protection of animals during transport, postponing the other long-awaited proposals to revise what is now outdated European animal welfare legislation. A group of MEPs has called on the European Commission to provide a precise timetable for the implementation of the legislative proposals that are still pending (farming, slaughter, labeling).
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Cattle, Mammals, Sheep, Pigs, Poultry
Keywords:Abandonment, Adoption, Livestock buildings, Animal trade, Identification, Housing, Restraint equipment, Livestock farming system, Transport, Societal issues
Published in 2024
A summary of the proposed revision of the legislation on the protection of animals during transport is available on the European Parliament website. Information on the background to this legislation and the timetable for the various stages of its revision are provided.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Cattle, Dogs, Felines, Sheep, Pigs, Poultry
Keywords:Animal trade, Transport
Published in 2024
The Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union will not be supporting the proposed new European regulation on the protection of animals during transport. An MEP asks the European Commission on its intentions to relaunch this reform project, and on the possibility that the transport of meat transport could be encouraged as an alternative to live animal transport.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Bovines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords:Animal trade, Transport
Published in 2024
Article reporting on the failure of a mobile on-farm cattle slaughtering initiative, despite the fact that this alternative model meets the animal welfare expectations of both consumers and farmers. The farmer involved looks back at the challenges and obstacles she faced, including the lack of parity instate subsidies compared with industrial abattoirs.
Document types: Technical Paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords: Euthanasia, Livestock farming system,Societal issues, Stress, Transportation
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
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
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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