Published in 2022
Article summarising current knowledge on animal emotions and feelings and discussing their implications for the ethics of the way we treat animals.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: All animals
Keywords:Consciousness, Societal issues, Memory, Metacognition, Cognitive processes, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2022
Scientific review of types and uses of environmental enrichment for shelter cats to promote natural behaviours, reduce stress and improve welfare. Sensory, dietary, physical, and social enrichments are studied and evaluated to determine cats' preferences among enrichment stimuli.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Felines
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Enrichment, Welfare indicators, Housing, Living environment, Human-animal relationships, Resilience, Stress
Published in 2021
Scientific review of the existing scientific data on the welfare of Peking ducks in farming, and the need for research on the subject, in order to be able to propose welfare standards for this species, which is farmed extensively throughout the world.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Animal-based measures, Enrichment, Welfare indicators, Breeding and rearing systems
Published in 2022
Scientific review of the benefits of and global market for quail products, factors affecting the stocking density of quail on farms, and the effects of stocking density and housing systems on the social behaviour, welfare, physiological and performance indicators of broiler and layer quail.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Animal-based measures, Housing, Living environment, Breeding and rearing systems, Welfare indicators
Published in 2022
A systematic review of the scientific literature on undesirable behaviour in horses, using a systems thinking approach. It identifies four major areas of research on the subject, and proposes opportunities for research using the systems thinking approach.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Welfare indicators
Published in 2022
Results of a CGAAER survey in 11 Member States and 5 third countries on their position on animal welfare (AW), covering topics such as an end to cage farming, painful practices, animal welfare labelling, transport and slaughter, competition from third countries with less strict AW standards, the fight against the abandonment of domestic carnivores, and rules specific to Equidae. Its purpose is to assist the French Ministry of Agriculture and Food in developing the new French animal welfare strategy.
Document Types: Scientific review
Keywords:Societal issues, Mutilation, Transport, Welfare indicators
Published in 2022
Presentation of the results of an AHDB survey, demonstrating that animal welfare is a growing concern for British consumers. However, the latter are not prepared to pay more for their meat because they overestimate the quality of welfare conditions on British farms,. They are nevertheless increasingly aware of the health problems associated with farming practices.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords: Societal issues, Breeding and rearing systems
Published in 2022
The 4th annual Ifop poll for 30 millions d'amis shows that the French public believes that the government measures on animal welfare set out in the law against animal suffering lack ambition, and that politicians do not pay sufficient attention to this issue. It shows strong support for bans on any situation likely to cause animal suffering, and for measures to be taken to reduce stress in livestock at slaughter.
Document Types: Scientific review
Keywords:Societal issues, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Breeding and rearing systems
Published in 2022
Scientific review of the impact of enrichment research on zoo and aquarium practices. It reveals that zoo and aquarium professionals are paying heed to species-specific welfare needs by ensuring that enrichment protocols are supported by biological evidence. It goes on to highlight areas and species that need further research.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Wildlife, Fish
Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Enrichment, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2022
Scientific review of the idea that training can be considered to be a behavioural enrichment for animals. This view is based on 3 propositions: that training facilitates the use of enrichments; that it modifies social interactions and that it broadens behavioural repertoires.
Document Types: Scientific review
Keywords: Cognitive processes, Enrichment, Human-animal relationships,Learning
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