Published in 2021
Response to a question on the possible welfare implications of animals being transported live to Israel, and more widely, to countries in conflict or at war.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords: Societal issues, Transport
Published in 2021
News item presenting the main conclusions of the draft resolution on the implementation report on animal welfare rules on farms, adopted by the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development on 26 October 2021. They include a call for clearer and more consistent EU rules, financial incentives for farmers, and an EU-wide animal-welfare labelling system.
Document Types: Opinions
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords: Societal issues, Livestock farming system
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, Livestock farming system
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
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, Livestock farming system, Societal issues
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
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
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
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
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:Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues, Stress
