Keyword : Societal issues

How does animal welfare taste? Combining sensory and choice experiments to evaluate willingness to pay for animal welfare pork

Sabine Gross, Megan E. Waldrop, Jutta Roosen

Published in 2021

Scientific article showing that the enjoyment and willingness to pay of ham consumers are influenced by the information they are provided with on the animal welfare status of the pigs from which the ham comes.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Societal issues, Breeding and rearing systems

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French Assemblée nationale: Written answer to question n°36537: Défendre le maintien et le développement des abattoirs de proximité

Question: Régis Juanico (Socialistes et apparentés - Loire). Answer: Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2021

Answer to a question on the Government's intentions regarding the retention of  local abattoirs, in which the economic, environmental and animal welfare benefits of such establishments are evoked. 

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Keywords:Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Transport

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Review: The tale of the Finnish pig tail - how to manage non-docked pigs?

A. Valros

Published in 2021

Scientific review showing that the fact that pig farming in Finland does not involve tail docking is made possible by the commitment of farmers and the improvement of housing and enrichment conditions.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Pain, Housing, Mutilation, Human-animal relationships, Breeding and rearing system, Societal issues

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European Parliament: Written answer to Question E-003809/2021 : Fight against the proliferation of illegal ritual slaughter

Question: Annika Bruna (ID), Sylvia Limmer (ID), Jean-Paul Garraud (ID), Gianna Gancia (ID), Virginie Joron (ID), Aurélia Beigneux (ID), Jean-Lin Lacapelle (ID), Gerolf Annemans (ID) Answer: Ms Kyriakides on behalf of the European Commission

Published in 2021

Answer to a question on the infringement of the rules governing the slaughter of sheep, which the MEP considers to occur frequently during illegal ritual slaughter.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Ovines

Keywords:Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues, Human-animal relationships, Stress

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Attitudes towards animals and belief in animal mind among first-year veterinary students before and after an introductory animal welfare course

J.A. Robbins, J.A. Danielson, A.K. Johnson, R.L. Parsons, M.W. Jorgensen, S.T. Millman

Published in 2021

Scientific paper showing that the attitude of first year US veterinary students towards animal welfare issues is not so greatly influenced by an introductory animal welfare course as it is by the students' socio-cultural background, gender, eating habits and the type of animals they wish to work with.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships

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Thirty Years of Changes and the Current State of Swedish Animal Welfare Legislation

Frida Lundmark Hedman, Charlotte Berg, Margareta Stéen

Published in 2021

Scientific paper showing that changes in Swedish animal welfare regulations between 1988 and 2019 have increased the level of animal welfare protection for cattle, pigs and horses, but that a number of individual requirements have been relaxed to meet objectives other than animal welfare.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories:Cattle, Equines, Pigs

Keywords: Societal issues

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La prise en compte du bien-être animal, un tournant dans la société

Harris Interactive

Published in 2021

The results of a survey conducted on 1 and 2 September 2021 among 1,005 adults, representative of French society, 93% of whom wanted animal protection legislation to be strengthened and 23% of whom cited animal rights and welfare as one of the three most important social issues.

Document Types: Opinions

Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships

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French Senate: Written answer to question n°19214: Dérogation à l’obligation d’étourdissement en label rouge « gros bovins de boucherie »

Question: Arnaud Bazin (Val-d'Oise - Les Républicains). Answer: Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2021

Written answer to a question on whether the derogation from the obligation to stun animals is applicable to the production of red label "large beef cattle". The answer is positive.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords:Awareness, Pain, Societal issues, Stress

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Repérer les signes de maltraitance chez les animaux et les humains, un guide pour les vétérinaires et leurs équipes

AMAH

Published in 2021

News item on the French translation of the Links Group and Animal Welfare Foundation guide. It provides various tools to distinguish between non-accidental and accidental trauma, including a veterinary certificate with explanatory details. It includes a protocol with a decision-making tree to identify, confirm and report suspected abuse.

Document Types: Guides to Good Practice

Keywords:Societal issues, Risk management, Human-animal relationships

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