Keyword : Human-animal relationships

Summary of the EU 2023 aquaculture survey

CIWF

Published in 2023

Summary of a report on investigations carried out at four trout farms in Poland to document typical farming practices on trout farms. After providing an overview of trout farming in the EU, it identifies welfare and health hazards, poor handling techniques, and inefficient and painful slaughter systems. It recommends that regulations should be introduced for the rearing, transport and slaughter of each species of farmed fish, and that research should be encouraged to improve welfare in these species.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Fish

Keywords:Animal adaptation to environment, Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Human-animal relationship, Transport

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Animal welfare as a public good

Romain Espinosa, Nicolas Treich

Published in 2023

Article developing a model of animal consumption based on consumer altruism. According to this model, at the point where the market achieves equilibrium, quality is not  high enough and the quantity of animals whose lives are not worth living is too high.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: All animals

Keywords:Societal issues, Modeling, One Welfare, Human-animal relationship, Farming system

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Quality-of-Life Assessments in Zoo Animals: Not Just for the Aged and Charismatic

Michelle Campbell-Ward

Published in 2023

Scientific review exploring the concept of quality of life as it applies to animals, assessment indicators and methods appropriate in a zoo setting, and the importance of taking quality of life into account at all stages of life, whatever the species.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories:Wildlife

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Societal issues, Enrichment, Welfare indicators, Housing, Living environment, Human-animal relationship

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Animals and Social Welfare - Social Choice and Welfare, Forthcoming

Romain Espinosa

Published in 2023

Article setting out a framework for the assessment of the social benefits of animal-related policies in terms of both animal and human welfare. The framework is then used to evaluate 20 policy proposals concerning animals which, although strongly supported by the French public,  prove to have widely varying impacts on animal welfare. It reveals that willingness to pay is a poor indicator of the actual impact of these policies on animal welfare.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: All animals

Keywords:Societal issues, One Welfare, Human-animal relationships

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The Well-Being of Companion Animal Caregivers and Their Companion Animals during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Scoping Review

Samantha K. Brooks, Neil Greenberg

Published in 2023

Review seeking to understand the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on animal carers and their pets. Pet companionship had advantages, but also disadvantages, for both humans and animals. The authors end by asserting the importance of taking pets into account in emergency preparedness plans.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Canines, Felines

Keywords:Anxiety, Welfare indicators, One Welfare, Human-animal relationship, Stress

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Sénat : réponse écrite à la question n°07044 : Abandon de chiens et retour aux éleveurs

Question: Edouard Courtial (Oise, les Répbulicains). Answer: French Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty

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

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National Organic Program (NOP); Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards

Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

Published in 2023

USDA's Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards (OLPS) final rule, which reinforces animal welfare measures for organic livestock and poultry and promotes their natural behaviors. The standards cover outdoor space, indoor and outdoor living conditions, poultry stocking density, preventive health practices, mutilation and euthanasia, transportation, handling and slaughter.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories:Cattle, Poultry

Keywords: Euthanasia, Human-animal relationship, Housing, Living environment, Mutilation,Societal issues, Transport, Welfare  indicators

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A review of horse welfare literature from 1980 to 2023 with a text mining and topic analysis approach

Beatrice Benedetti, Martina Felici, Leonardo Nanni Costa, Barbara Padalino

Published in 2023

Scientific review describing the changes in  the literature on equine welfare over the past 40 years. The number of publications has increased exponentially over the period. The most common topics dealt with are stress assessment, pain assessment, equine social behavior and human-horse interaction. Positive welfare and the assessment of welfare at slaughter are under-represented.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Equines

Key words: Animal-Human Relationship,Pain, Welfare Indicators, Stress

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Sustainability trade-offs in animal husbandry: consumers' choice when they can't have it all

Jeanette Klink-Lehmann, Milan Tatic, Nina Weingarten, Monika Hartmann

Published in 2023

Scientific article on the pork purchasing choices made by German consumers when faced with contradictory objectives, both with and without the conflicts being made obvious.  Human health considerations take precedence over animal welfare, which in turn takes precedence over environmental considerations.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords:Societal issues, One Welfare, Human-animal relationships

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How might the public contribute to the discussion on cattle welfare? Perspectives of veterinarians and animal scientists

Beth Ventura, Daniel M Weary, Marina AG von Keyserlingk

Published in 2023

Scientific article seeking the views of veterinarians and zootechnicians on concerns over the welfare of cattle expressed by members of the public and on how public opinion should be taken into account when developing ways to improve welfare. Those interviewed consider the general public to lack knowledge of livestock farming and believe that its members need to be educated in order to gain a better understanding of the issues. They could contribute to improving welfare by paying higher prices for animal products.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships, Breeding and rearing systems

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