Published in 2021
Scientific article showing that the enjoyment and willingness to pay of ham consumers are influenced by the information they are provided with on the animal welfare status of the pigs from which the ham comes.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords: Societal issues, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Scientific paper showing that the attitude of first year US veterinary students towards animal welfare issues is not so greatly influenced by an introductory animal welfare course as it is by the students' socio-cultural background, gender, eating habits and the type of animals they wish to work with.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2021
Scientific paper showing that changes in Swedish animal welfare regulations between 1988 and 2019 have increased the level of animal welfare protection for cattle, pigs and horses, but that a number of individual requirements have been relaxed to meet objectives other than animal welfare.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories:Cattle, Equines, Pigs
Keywords: Societal issues
Published in 2021
The results of a survey conducted on 1 and 2 September 2021 among 1,005 adults, representative of French society, 93% of whom wanted animal protection legislation to be strengthened and 23% of whom cited animal rights and welfare as one of the three most important social issues.
Document Types: Opinions
Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2021
Scientific paper demonstrating that a simple educational infographic based on the five domains model had a significant impact on riders' assessment of equine welfare, despite the fact that they still found it difficult to assess their horses' emotions objectively.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords:Welfare indicators, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2021
Scientific paper reporting on the perceptions of farmers' hoof trimmers and vets concerning the management of lameness in dairy cows. Lameness is perceived as a complex, multi-factorial problem that is poorly understood and whose contributing factors are difficult to change. Those involved are resigned, believing that lameness is inevitable. Participants suggested that hoof trimmers and veterinarians should work together to send a consistent message to farmers.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Pain, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2021
A scientific review investigating the reasons why most domestic horses have unsatisfactory welfare levels despite being very close to humans. It identifies human subjectivity, human misinterpretation of signals sent by horses, and human desensitisation to welfare situations as the main contributing factors. It proposes the promotion of validated indicators to allow horse welfare to be assessed objectively.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords:Welfare indicators, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2021
Scientific article presenting the results of a survey of equine stakeholders on their feelings about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. It shows that the pandemic has affected veterinarians and horse owners due to restrictions on contact and human-horse interactions. However, the pandemic has also led to initiatives to maintain social links between owners as a remedy for isolation.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords:Adaptation of animals to the environment, Societal issues, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2021
Scientific paper to evaluate the impact of strepsirrhinia education programmes in North American zoos. Respondents consider that these programmes increase positive human-animal interactions, psychological well-being and staff awareness of animal behaviour. The paper suggests that further work on their impact on the welfare of strepsirrhinia is required.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories:Primates
Keywords:Learning, training, Human-animal relationships, Stress
Published in 2021
Scientific article presenting the results of an opinion poll on the welfare of dairy calves and the consumption of dairy products by Americans. The most important requirement for the calves in the view of all participants concerned their physical welfare, with a 'natural' lifestyle, humane treatment and the emotional state of the animals coming a distant second. The majority (94%) of respondents were consumers of dairy products.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords: Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Human-animal relationships
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