Published in 2023
Answer to a question on the possible introduction of labelling to show "slaughter with stunning" or "slaughter without stunning", to enable all consumers to make informed purchases.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines
Keywords:Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues, Human-animal relationships, Stress
Published in 2023
EFSA opinion identifying the most important factors impacting on the welfare of laying hens: bone lesions, group stress, inability to avoid unwanted sexual behavior, inability to engage in comfort behavior, inability to engage in exploratory or foraging behavior, isolation stress, predation stress, resting problems, movement restriction, skin disorders, soft tissue lesions and integument lesions. It proposes animal-based measures to assess them, and sets out the risks related to different farming systems. Measures to prevent risks and mitigate welfare consequences are proposed. Recommendations are made to address specific welfare issues for laying hens.
Document Types: Opinions
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Animal adaptation to the environment, Animal-based measurement, Consciousness, Enrichment, Risk management, Housing, Living environment, Human-animal relationships, Human-animalmutilation, Stress, Farming systems, Societal issues, Pain
Published in 2023
EFSA opinion that identifies 19 major welfare consequences for broilers, animal-based measures to assess them, risks related to different farming systems and animal-based measures to assess them. Measures to prevent risks and mitigate welfare consequences are proposed. Recommendations are made to address specific welfare issues for broilers. Indicators for monitoring the welfare of broilers at slaughter are proposed.
Document Types: Opinions
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Animal adaptation to the environment, Animal-based measurement, Consciousness, Enrichment, Risk management, Housing, Living environment, Human-animal relationships, Human-animalmutilation, Stress, Farming systems, Societal issues, Pain
Published in 2023
Presentation of the key points of a report from Essere Animali on effective stunning methods for fish, a key element for the welfare of fish not included in the recently introduced Italian "Sustainable Aquaculture" certification system. The report emphasizes the low investment cost of acquiring the necessary equipment and the possibility of financing this through the Common Fisheries Policy.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Fish
Keywords:Awareness, Pain, Societal issues, Stress
Published in 2023
Technical Instruction giving details on the implementation of the 2023-24 on-farm visit programme for pig welfare. The visits are intended to check that farmers are familiar with the relevant regulations, to give them advice tailored to their farms, to make them aware of the risks involved in tail docking and to remind them of the regulations concerning tail docking, on-farm welfare advisors and the cessation of castration of piglets without anaesthetic.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords: Animal mediation, Enrichment, Risk management, Human-animal relationships, Pain,Working animals, Stress, Welfare indicators
Published in 2023
Answer to a question on whether the Commission intends to include the issue of animal welfare in the report on the functioning of the common fisheries policy.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Molluscs, Fish
Keywords:Awareness, Pain, Societal issues, Livestock systems
Published in 2023
Written answer to a question concerning exemptions to the law prohibiting the culling of male chicks. These relate to chicks intended for animal feed, and permit an alternative to the use of ovosexing for white eggs intended for processing. Additionally, female ducklings are exempted from the law.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Poultry
Published in 2023
White paper setting out slaughter methods, figures for the killing of day-old male chicks and female ducklings in the European Union, current alternatives (in ovo sexing, use of dual lines), and describing the European initiatives, both citizen and institution-led, to put an end to the grinding of chicks and ducklings.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Animal adaptation to the environment, Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues, Human-animal relationship, Stress, Farming system
Published in 2023
Article addressing welfare issues for insects in light of increases in insect farming and consumption, their potential as an alternative source of protein for human and animal food, and their cognitive and sensory abilities suggested by the scientific data.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories:Insects
Keywords: Pain, Societal issues
Published in 2023
Answer to a question on the Ministry's plans to encourage alternatives to pig castration and whether it intends to end this practice.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Pain, Societal issues, Mutilations, Human-animal relationship, Stress, Farming system
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