Published in 2024
Article announcing the addition of animal sentience to the Belgian Constitution, making Belgium the sixth EU member state to include animals in its Constitution.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: All animals
Keywords:Consciousness, Societal issues
Published in 2024
News item on an Anses report recommending a harmonized comprehensive food product labeling system using animal-based scientific welfare indicators and also take into account the living conditions of their parents.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Animal-based measurements, Livestock buildings, Castration, Animal trade, Enrichment, Identification, Housing, Restraint equipment, Living environment, Mutilation, Prenatal issues, Sterilization, Stress, Livestock farming system, Transport, Behavioural disorders, Societal issues, Welfare indicators
Published in 2024
Article proposing an analytical tool that sites the impacts of public policy on animal welfare within the same framework as impacts on human welfare, the environment and the economy. This would enable the advantages and disadvantages of public policies to be expressed both globally and more accurately, and would make it possible to compare different impacts. To this end, the authors propose a method for monetizing animal welfare that expresses the intrinsic value of impacts on animal welfare in monetary terms.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Cattle, Goats, Equines, Wildlife, Sheep, Pigs, Poultry
Keywords:Biodiversity, Environment, Risk management, Population management, Welfare indicators, Living environment, Modelling, One Welfare, Livestock farming system, Societal issues
Published in 2024
Survey study to establish perceptions in Brazil of the welfare and sentience of shrimps. ¾ of participants said they were concerned about the welfare of this crustacean. 84% of people acknowledged that the species senses pain, particularly when the eyestalk is removed, a procedure carried out in farming to induce ovarian maturation and accelerate egg-laying.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories:Crustaceans
Keywords:Pain, Welfare indicators, Mutilation, Stress
Published in 2024
In this article, the Director of OABA (Œuvre d'Assistance aux Bêtes d'Abattoirs) explains why the number of abandoned animals (goats, horses and cattle) taken in by the association has risen in recent years.
Document types: Technical Paper
Animal categories:Cattle, Goats, Equines, Sheep, Pigs, Ruminants, Poultry
Keywords:Abandonment, Adoption
Published in 2024
Article following on from the FRCAW report on the slaughter of farmed fish. Ifremer reviews the capacity of fish to feel pain, their legal status, and appropriate slaughter methods. Making pre-slaughter stunning compulsory in France would require investment and an overhaul of the way businesses organize their work, but other countries such as Norway have already done so.
Document types: Technical Paper
Animal categories: Fish
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Brain integration, Euthanasia, Experimentation, Pain, Maltreatment, Stress, Societal issues
Published in 2024
Article reflecting on the various forms of work we impose on animals. The authors nevertheless emphasize that while work can be a cause of suffering, it can also be a source of pleasure and emancipation, for the humans as well as the animals. Our working relationships with animals can also be based on respect, love and cooperation.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: All animals
Keywords: Animal mediation, Human-animal relationships,Working animals
Published in 2024
Synthesis of different views on the moral status of animals, their "fundamental rights" and the relationship between fundamental rights and legal personhood.
Document Types: Opinions
Animal categories: All animals
Keywords: Societal issues
Published in 2024
Audit report assessing the effectiveness of official controls to protect the welfare of cattle in France. While the audit concludes overall that the system of animal welfare controls on cattle farms features competent staff, appropriate guidance and coordination, and effective implementation of comprehensive inspections, the implementation of risk-based planning is inadequate in some departmental directorates, as it fails to take account of relevant factors such as activities carried out by operators (dehorning, tethering). The absence of verification procedures prevents authorities from being able to demonstrate that controls are achieving their objectives. The report contains recommendations for the competent authorities.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Education, Restraint equipment, Mutilation, Livestock farming system
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
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