Document type : Scientific article

Cattle Welfare, Health, and Husbandry: the sustainability connection 

Tom Warboys, Ruaraidh Petre

Published in 2026

Opinion piece arguing that animal welfare constitutes an essential ethical prerequisite for sustainable production.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Bovines

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Live bovine animal export dynamics and structural heterogeneity across European member states, 2014-2024: A cluster -based analysis

Evija Skujina, Irina Pilvere

Published in 2026

Study highlighting a sharp rise in live cattle exports from the EU between 2014 and 2024, despite a decline in the number of European cattle. It reveals stark contrasts between Member States and the unique role played by France in the European cattle sector.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Bovines

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Pragmatism Bias in Farm Animal Welfare Science

Mandel R, Read E, Forkman B, Keeling LJ, Sandøe P, Tuyttens FAM, and Nicol CJ

Published in 2026

Study showing that research on farm livestock animals is influenced by a 'pragmatic bias' associated with financial and practical implementation constraints, which limit the knowledge produced. The authors call for more transparency and independence in research, centred on the needs of animals, in order to encourage more deep-reaching welfare improvements. 

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: All animals

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Multi-Behavior Recognition and Health Assessment of Laying Hens Using RSA YOLO in Welfare-Oriented Farming

Panqi Pu, Junge Wang, Yue Gao, Dapeng Li, Geqi Yan, Hongchao Jiao, Xianyao Li, Hai Lin

Published in 2026

Study on an automated system based on artificial intelligence that can recognize various behaviors in laying hens and assess their health status. The behavioral changes it detected occurred approximately one week before a decline in egg production, demonstrating the system’s potential as an early-warning tool.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Poultry

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| Part 1: A Sector-Wide Survey of UK/British Isles Shelter Organisations Caring for Cats: Caregiver-Reported Approaches to Housing, Husbandry and General Care Provision

Laurent R. Finka, Ana M. Barcelos, James Waterman, Avni Bhatia, JEnni L. McDonald, Rae Foreman-Worsley, Beth Skillings

Published in 2026

A study conducted in the United Kingdom shows that, although shelters generally meet cats’ physiological needs, there is room for improvement in addressing their psychological needs, particularly with regard to housing, handling, and environmental enrichment.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Felines

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Managing Trade-offs Between Economic, Environmental, and Animal Welfare Performance in French Suckler Cattle Farms Through Feeding Practices

Larissa Mysko, Claire Mosnier, Patrick Veysset, Isabelle Veissier, Jean-Joseph Minviel

Published in 2026

Scientific article setting out to identify conflicting economic, environmental and animal welfare objectives on suckler cow farms and to develop ways of arriving at compromise solutions that manage these conflicts.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Bovines

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Domestic goats can follow the direction of human voices to solve a hidden-object task

Stuart K. Watson, Christian Nawroth, Alan G. McElligott, Federico Rossano, Simon W. Townsend

Published in 2026

A study showing that goats are able to use the direction of the human voice to locate a food reward.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Caprines

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Comparing the performance of deep learning video-based models and trained veterinarians in cattle pain assessment

Feighelstein M, Tomacheuski RM, Elias G, Shashoua N, van der Linden D, Luna SPL, Zamansky A

Published in 2026

Study showing that artificial intelligence models can recognize pain in cattle with an accuracy comparable to that of experienced veterinarians analysing video footage.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Bovines

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Octopus bimaculoides can learn to utilize a mirror to localize a reward outside the line of sight

Mary Kieseler, Marvin R. Maechler, Kelly R. Finn, Carl Harris, Jay Michael Vincelli, Zachary Hoffman, Navneet Dhanoa, Jean Fang, Scott Gies, James McHugh, Julia Valenti, Mira Ram, John O. Fitzgerald, Madison Augusto, David Edelman, Peter U. Tse

Published in 2026

A scientific article showing that octopuses are capable of locating prey that is hidden from their direct view but reflected in a mirror, and of navigating toward these visually hidden locations that are spatially aligned with the location of the reflected prey. These findings extend the ability to use mirrors to invertebrates, demonstrating that cephalopods can use mirror reflections for spatial navigation.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Invertebrates

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Flexible self-protection as evidence of pain-like states in house crickets

Manzi, O., Lynch, K. E., Allman, D. M., Latty, T., White, T. E.

Published in 2026

A scientific article examining the behavioral responses of the house cricket when exposed to a noxious stimulus (a burn on the antenna), a non-painful stimulus (tactile contact on the antenna), or no stimulus at all, under conditions of high or low stress. Grooming behavior was more frequent and lasted longer in response to the painful stimulus than under the other conditions. These results indicate flexible and targeted self-protection, supporting the existence of pain states in Orthoptera.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Invertebrates

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