Keywords: Societal issues

Good animal welfare by design: An approach to incorporate animal capacities in engineering design

H.J.E. van Weeghel, A.P. Bos, M.H. Jansen, W.W. Ursinus, P.W.G. Groot Koerkamp

Published in 2021

Scientific article presenting a method of designing breeding and rearing systems that takes into account the animal as a subject, in order to improve animal welfare. Giving an animal the opportunity to influence its environment through choices and decision making according to its own preferences allows the animal to have positive experiences. The aim of the method is to create a mutually beneficial relationship between human goals and animal welfare in future breeding and rearing systems.

Document Types: Scientific paper

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

Keywords: Animal-based measurements, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Consciousness, Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Livestock farming system

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Ethics and Human-Animal Relations: Review Essay

A. Peterson

Published in 2021

Review of five recent books (from 2021) dealing with the ethical dimensions of human-animal relationships.

Document Types: Scientific review

Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships

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Exploring the performance of system changes in Dutch broiler production to balance animal welfare, ammonia emissions and particulate matter emissions with farm profitability

Luuk S.M. Vissers, Alfons G.J.M. Oude Lansink, Helmut W. Saatkamp

Published in 2021

Scientific paper testing out various combinations of changes to elements of the Dutch broiler rearing system that might satisfy EU and consumer expectations in terms of environmental protection and animal welfare, while safeguarding the incomes of farmers. Those combinations that included animal welfare changes (lower stocking density, enrichment and/or daylight), tube heaters to reduce NH3 emissions and use of an ionisation technique to reduce fine particle emissions gave the best results.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords: Enrichment, Environment, Housing, Living environment,Livestock farming system,Societal issues

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Is Animal Welfare an Internationally Understood Concept in the Zoo World? Thematic Analysis of Two Regional Groups of Zoo Staff

Heather Bacon, Belinda Vigors, Darren J. Shaw, Natalie Waran, Cathy M. Dwyer, Catriona Bell

Published in 2021

Scientific article comparing the perceptions and knowledge of zoo professionals in Europe and China, using telephone interviews on 3 Subjects: "what animal welfare is", "animal welfare frameworks" and "the human element in animal welfare". It shows that, although the concept of animal welfare is perceived in comparable ways by the two cultures,  its implementation in China would require action by management and staff motivation.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories:Wildlife

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

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Le transport maritime des animaux vivants destinés à l’abattage

Académie vétérinaire de France

Published in 2021

In view of the increasing number of accidents related to the transport of live animals by sea, the Veterinary Academy sets out the existing regulations, identifies the ways these rules can be broken, announces the creation of a working group to issue an opinion on the matter and, pending this, makes a number of recommendations.

Document Types: Opinions

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

Keywords: Societal issues, Stress, Transport

Assemblée nationale : Réponse écrite à la question n°34377 : Bien-être des poissons en élevage

Vincent Ledoux (Agir ensemble - Nord), French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2021

Answer to a parliamentary question on whether the French Government intends to regulate the conditions under which farmed fish are reared to ensure their welfare

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Fish

Keywords: Societal issues, Livestock farming system

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Assemblée nationale : Réponse écrite à la question n°32507 : Conditions d’élevage et les mutilations subies par les chapons

Dimitri Houbron (Agir ensemble - Nord), French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2021

Answer to a parliamentary question on whether the French Government intends to ban the practice of caponisation.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords: Pain, Societal issues, Mutilation

Access the source: National Assembly: Written response to Question No. 32507: Farming conditions and mutilations suffered by capons

Assemblée nationale : Réponse écrite à la question n°37408 : La réglementation de l’abattage des animaux

Laurence Trastour-Isnart (Les Républicains - Alpes-Maritimes), French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2021

Answer to an EU parliamentary question on the availability of statistics on the demand for and production of meat from ritual slaughter

Document types: Regulation/Certification

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

Keywords:Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues

Access the source: National Assembly: Written response to Question No. 37408: Regulations Governing the Slaughter of Animals

Assemblée nationale : Réponse écrite à la question n°34378 : Conditions d’élevage et les mutilations subies par les chapons

Danièle Obono (La France insoumise - Paris), French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2021

Answer to a parliamentary question on the Government's intentions regarding the practice of caponisation.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords: Pain, Societal issues, Mutilation

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Assemblée nationale : Réponse écrite à la question n°32713 : Conditions d’élevage et de castration des chapons en France

Alexandra Valetta Ardisson (La République en Marche - Alpes-Maritimes), French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2021

Answer to a parliamentary question on a possible legal ban on the practice of caponisation.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords: Pain, Societal issues, Mutilation

Access the source: National Assembly: Written response to Question No. 32713: Conditions for raising and castrating capons in France