Published in 2023
Opinion piece arguing that politicians fail to take animal welfare into account in their decision making, despite the ethical and societal importance of animal welfare. It proposes methods to improve policy analysis tools and take better account of animal welfare in public decision-making.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: All animals
Keywords:Societal issues, One Welfare, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2023
Answer to a question on the European Commission's position on a feasibility study to determine the interest and necessity of a positive list of wild and exotic animals authorized to be marketed and kept as pets in the EU.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Wildlife
Keywords:Animal trade, Societal issues, Population management
Published in 2023
Answer to a question on whether the French government intends to follow up on the SPA's proposal to create an animal rights advocate who would act as an independent authority that could be tasked with centralizing, monitoring and increasing actions to guarantee respect for animal welfare.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: All animals
Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2023
Answer to a question on the measures the French Government intends to implement to combat inflation-related abandonments, and whether it plans to set up an emergency plan for the summer. It also asks how the Government intends to support associations and shelters financially.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Canines, Felines
Keywords: Adoption,Abandonment, Human-animal relationships, Abuse, Population management, Societal issues
Published in 2023
Answer to a question on whether the government will support an end to cage farming as part of the revision of European regulations, and whether it intends to raise its ambitions at European level in order to play a leading role in promoting better animal welfare standards and improving European farming methods.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Cattle, Pigs, Poultry
Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Enrichment, Living environment, Societal issues, Stress, Livestock farming system
Published in 2023
Written answer to a question asking what action the government plans to take to manage pet abandonment during the summer and what measures it intends to take to support shelters and animal protection societies.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Canines, Felines, Exotic pets
Keywords: Adoption,Abandonment, Human-animal relationships, Abuse, Population management, Societal issues
Published in 2023
Answer to a question on the government's intentions regarding the implementation of measures to combat the suffering of aquatic animals and the funding of a research program to reduce animal suffering in commercial fishing.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Molluscs, Fish
Keywords:Pain, Societal issues, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2023
Article summarizing the current state of knowledge on cognition, emotions and pain perception in insects, and the ethical consequences of such knowledge for our relationship with insects, particularly in their breeding and use for scientific purposes.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Insects
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Pain, Experimentation, Memory, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2023
Fact sheet describing commercially-available "welfare-friendly" stunning and slaughtering equipment for some of the most common farmed species in aquaculture, explaining how the equipment works, emphasizing the importance of proper calibration, and of its context of use.
Document Types: Good practice guide
Animal categories: Fish
Keywords:Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues, Stress
Published in 2023
Article studying the value attributed to farm animals in scientific articles published in specialist journals on animal welfare and animal production at three different moments in time, over a 30-year period. It concludes that scientific publications on animal welfare do not, on the whole, give priority to the interests of animals.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords:Societal issues, One Welfare, Human-animal relationships, Livestock farming system
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