Published in 2024
Scientific article showing that the presence of predatory wild canids near sheep farms is associated with poorer milk quality, suggesting stress in ewes.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories:Canines, Sheep
Keywords: Biodiversity, Environment, Population management, Lactation, Living environment, Animaladaptation to environment, Stress
Published in 2024
Article describing the environmental challenges of livestock farming, along with its impact on animal welfare and global health. The article underlines the need for farming practices to evolve, with animal health and welfare as key contributors to the sustainability of livestock farming.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Cattle, Goats, Equines, Sheep, Fish, Pigs, Ruminants, Poultry
Keywords:Biodiversity, Environment, Population management, One Welfare, Pollution, Societal issues, Farming system
Published in 2023
Answer to a question on the timetable for implementation of article 14 of the law to combat animal abuse, which provides for the introduction of a positive list specifying the animal species that may be kept by private individuals and in hobby farms.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Wildlife
Keywords:Animal trade, Population management, Living environment, Human-animal relationship, Societal issues
Published in 2023
Dossier, including a video interview with a researcher in animal ethics, describing the different domestic and liminal animals that inhabit cities, the competition for space with humans, the need to consider the welfare of these animals, and the management of their populations.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Wildlife
Keywords:Animal adaptation to the environment, Biodiversity, Societal issues, Population management, One Welfare, Human-animal relationship
Published in 2023
Answer to a question on how soon the French government intends to carry out the study, required by the law to combat animal abuse, to assess the economic impacts and number of abandonments associated with the ban on the sale of dogs and cats in pet shops; and whether the 14 regulatory texts provided for by this law to ensure its full effectiveness, which have not as yet appeared, will be published by the end of Summer 2023.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Canines, Felines
Keywords: Adoption,Abandonment, Human-animal relationship, Population management, Societal issues
Published in 2023
Answer to a question seeking the views of the Ministry of Agriculture's on the suggestion that it should be possible to return dogs abandoned soon after adoption to their breeders, rather than putting them into shelters.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Canine
Keywords: Adoption,Abandonment, Human-animal relationship, Population management, Stress
Published in 2023
Scientific review describing the evolution and geographical distribution of the literature on dog and cat welfare over the past 40 years, listing the main research topics and gaps in knowledge.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Canines, Felines
Keywords:Animal-based measurement, Euthanasia, Population management, Housing, Human-animal relationship, Pain, Societal issues, Stress, Welfare indicators
Published in 2023
Answer to a question on whether the Government plans to introduce an animal keeper's licence prior to acquiring an animal, in addition to the certificate of commitment and knowledge introduced as part of the November 30, 2021 Law to combat animal abuse.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: All animals
Keywords: Adoption,Abandonment, Human-animal relationships, Abuse, Population management, Societal issues
Published in 2023
Document from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty pulling together all the information on the certificate of commitment and knowledge for keepers of equids required by the French law to combat animal abuse of November 30, 2021 and specified in its first implementing Decree of July 18, 2022.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Canine, Equine, Feline
Keywords: Adoption,Abandonment, Education, Human-animal relationship, Population management, abuse, Societal issues
Published in 2023
Answer to a question on whether the European Commission has assessed the feasibility of requiring microchip identification for dogs and cats from commercial breeders, and of setting up an official database for compulsory identification and registration before they leave the breeding establishments.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Canines, Felines
Keywords:Animal trade, Population management, Identification, Societal issues
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