Discipline: Ethics

French Assemblée Nationale: written answer to Question No. 24665: Elevages intensifs d’animaux

Question by Sébastien Nadot (not registered Haute Garonne); Answer: French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2020

Question on the measures that should be taken to ensure that animal husbandry is carried out in a more respectful and reasoned manner.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships, Livestock farming system

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French Assemblée Nationale: Written answer to Question No. 24498: Création d'un permis animalier

Question: Marine Brenier (Les Républicains - Alpes-Maritimes ); Answer: French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2020

Question regarding MAA's intention to create a pet licence that would assign legal responsibility to pet owners to combat pet abandonment and abuse.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Canines, Felines

Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships

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2019 report on the statistics on the use of animals for scientific purposes in the Member States of the European Union in 2015-2017

EU Commission

Published in 2020

Report on the use of animals for experimental purposes in the Member States of the European Union from 2015 to 2017. Data on the number of animals used, types of use, and the number and uses of genetically modified animals.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Mammals, Fish

Keywords: Societal issues

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European Parliament: Written answer to Question E-003870/2019 on trafficking of pets in the European Union

Ms Kyriakides on behalf of the European Commission

Published in 2020

Question: Does the European Commission really intend to fight this parallel economy [animal trafficking], given that such a fight implies a direct challenge to the current economic model ?

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Mammals

Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships

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European Parliament: Answer to question E-004032/2019 Increasing illegal trade in pets

Ms Kyriakides on behalf of the European Commission

Published in 2020

Will the European Commission draw up a cross-sectoral Community action plan to combat the illegal pet trade?
Does the Commission have any specific suggestions as to the extent to which the range of sanctions applicable to operators involved in the illegal pet trade could be strengthened?

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Mammals

Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships

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The Trade-Off Between Chicken Welfare and Public Health Risks in Poultry Husbandry: Significance of Moral Convictions

M. van Asselt, E. D. Ekkel, B. Kemp, E. N. Stassen

Published in 2019

Survey of poultry farmers and the general public on their perceptions of the dilemma: is it better to improve the welfare of poultry through outdoor systems or to protect public health (there are more health risks associated with outdoor systems)?

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords: Societal issues, Environment, Risk management, Housing, Living environment

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Stunning methods and slaughter of rabbits for human consumption

EFSA

Published in 2020

Opinion on the different methods of stunning and procedures for the slaughter of rabbits in abbatoirs and on their risks and consequences for animal welfare. Identification of indicators for unconsciousness and death.

Document Types: Opinions

Animal categories: Mammals

Keywords: Anxiety, Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues, Risk management, Fear, Human-animal relationships, Stress

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French Assemblée Nationale - Written answer to Question No. 24860: Meilleure prise en compte du bien-être des volailles

French Assemblée Nationale

Published in 2020

Answer to a question on the degree to which  EFSA's proposals to improve the welfare of poultry at slaughter are taken into consideration

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords: Anxiety, Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues, Fear, Stress

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Scientific opinion concerning the killing of rabbits for purposes other than slaughter

EFSA

Published in 2020

Opinion on methods of killing rabbits other than for slaughter, identification of 14 hazards for animal welfare and mitigation measures

Document Types: Opinions

Animal categories: Mammals

Keywords: Anxiety, Livestock buildings, Pain, Societal issues, Environment, Risk management, Living environment, Fear, Human-animal relationships, Stress 

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Ethologie animale. Une approche biologique du comportement

Anne-Sophie Darmaillacq, Frédéric Lévy

Published in 2015

What is ethology, the ideas behind it and its methods? How does an animal inhabit its space, make use of available food resources and build its social world? What are the cognitive processes at work in this? How can personality explain behaviour? Written by specialists from different fields but in an intentionally accessible and explanatory way with the help of numerous illustrations, this book offers an overview of ethology grounded in analysis of cutting-edge research in ethology.

Document Types: Scientific work

Keywords: Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Learning, Training, Consciousness, Memory, Living environment, Fear, Cognitive processes, Evolutionary processes, Human-animal relationships

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