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
Results of a survey to gain an understanding of dairy calf farmers' perceptions of the management, behavior and welfare of their animals. Farmers seemed to attach great importance to the welfare of their calves. Those who installed group housing were more interested in the subjective welfare of their calves. Individual perceptions of animal welfare would appear to depend on the respondents' practical experience.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Livestock buildings, Enrichment, Welfare indicators, Lactation, Housing, Living environment, One Welfare, Human-animal relationships, livestock farming system
Published in 2024
Results of a survey to identify the obstacles and motivations for French pig farmers to provide free-range access for pigs. Sustainability and the benefits for the health and welfare of animals and farmers are the central concerns of producers considering a change to this system.
Document types: Technical Paper
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Livestock buildings, Education, Housing, Living environment, One Welfare, Human-animal relationships, Livestock farming system, Societal issues
Published in 2024
To promote dialogue between livestock farming and society, LIT Ouesterel has been running one project since 2021 and another starting in 2024, intended to encourage livestock farmers to commit themselves to a progress approach. The second seeks to do so via actions at producer organization level.
Document types: Technical Paper
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Monogastrics, Ovines, Porcines, Ruminants, Poultry
Keywords:Societal issues, One Welfare, Livestock farming system
Published in 2024
Study by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty's Center for Studies and Forecasting, intended to feed into public policy-making and describing the four main representations of agriculture and farmers seen in French society today: traditional family farming, large-scale industrial farming, farmers under pressure to scale up, and small farms that just scrape a living.The study takes into account three current debates that impact these representations of agriculture: 'agribashing', use of pesticides and animal welfare.
Document types: Technical Paper
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Monogastrics, Ovines, Porcines, Ruminants, Poultry
Keywords:Livestock buildings, Living environment, One Welfare, Livestock farming system
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
Study presenting the four main representations of agriculture and farming in French society today: traditional family farming, large-scale industrial farming, farmers under pressure to expand, and small farmers who just get by.
Document Types: Opinions
Animal categories: All animals
Keywords:Societal issues, Pollution, Human-animal relationships, Farming Livestock farming system
Published in 2024
The shared views of a group of INRAE researchers on the interdisciplinary research needed to support the transition to sustainable livestock production systems. Animal health and welfare are at the heart of these issues.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Societal issues, Environment, Living environment, One Welfare, Human-animal relationships, Livestock farming system
Published in 2024
Scientific article analyzing the behavior of German consumers in a virtual supermarket where shelves featuring products produced according to animal welfare standards were made prominent using visual marketing techniques (footprints on the floor and banners). Marketing influenced the behavior of meat, milk and egg consumers, and sales of animal-welfare compliant products doubled in the compared with the control group.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories:Bovines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords:Identification, Processing
Published in 2024
Scientific article showing the positive impact of cognitive-behavioral training on the behavior and beliefs of lorry drivers working in livestock transport (pigs).
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Animal trade, Education, Human-animal relationships, Transport
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