Published in 2025
This overview summarizes the three steps involved in developing animal welfare assessment tools: arriving at a shared definition of welfare, establishing theoretical and ethical frameworks, and designing validated tools.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: All animals
Published in 2025
Questions from two Deputies to he Government on loopholes in the application of the 2021 law against animal abuse, particularly in the area of illegal sales of animals on the internet and the persistence of certain practices in pet shops. In response, the Ministry lists the actions it has already undertaken (decrees, controls, tools for verifying online ads) and announces a national plan for pet welfare, constructed around five axes. A regulatory review is also underway to better supervise the keeping of animals in pet shops in connection with online sales.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Canines, Felines, Exotic pets
Published in 2025
Scientific study of British and Japanese visitors' attitudes towards animal welfare in zoos, feeding with live prey and trust in managers: both groups are generally concerned about welfare, but the Japanese base their judgments more on basic needs, while the British emphasize the environmental stimulation provided and the animals' emotions and cognitive abilities.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories:Wildlife
Published in 2025
Review describing the evolution of Chinese attitudes to animal welfare. Despite low levels of government commitment, interest in animal welfare science is growing in China, particularly the use of technology and remote sensing.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: All animals
Published in 2025
Sociological review considering the challenges to the welfare of humans and non-human animals that arise from cultural, political and social boundaries. A trans-species approach is key to understanding and managing these complex relationships in the Anthropocene era.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: All animals
Published in 2025
Survey examining farmers' intrinsic motivation, habits and knowledge in relation to the improvement of animal welfare. Policies should encourage a continuous commitment to enhancement, rather than formal programs.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords: One Welfare,Societal issues
Published in 2025
Article summarizing recent scientific findings on animal consciousness. Although studies on bees, cuttlefish and fish point to signs of consciousness, the latter's acceptance as evidence would have major implications for neuroscience and animal welfare. Meanwhile, the lack of a unified theory or precise definition of animal consciousness complicates its assessment.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: All animals
Keywords:Consciousness, Pain, Cognitive processes
Published in 2025
Article looking at how WHOA's approach to animal welfare has changed, grouping the changes into three areas: acceptance of animal welfare as a topic in its own right, linked to but distinct from animal health; the broadening of its scope to cover all categories of domestic and wild animals; and the increased contextualization of animal welfare to reflect the specific attitudes and needs of different regions of the globe.
Document Types: Opinions
Animal categories: All animals
Keywords: Societal issues
Published in 2025
Analysis of surveys carried out among professionals in the equestrian sector, revealing widespread recognition of equine sentience (99.9% of respondents). Two Subjects emerge: sentience is a pathway to understanding the mental state, welfare and well-being of horses, and humans have a moral obligation to consider it.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords: Animal mediation, Consciousness, Educations, Human-animal relationships, Welfare indicators,Working animals
Published in 2025
Surveys conducted before and after a digital educational campaign to encourage cat owners to play more often with their pets with a wand toy by removing or reducing several of the barriers identified in the COM-B model (capability, opportunity and motivation). Following the campaign, 35.3% of participants increased the frequency of play, and capability and motivational barriers were reduced, leading to a reduction in behavioral problems in their cats.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Felines
Keywords:Education, Enrichment, Human-animal relationships
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