Published in 2024
Study presenting the four main representations of agriculture and farming in French society today: traditional family farming, large-scale industrial farming, farmers under pressure to expand, and small farmers who just get by.
Document Types: Opinions
Animal categories: All animals
Keywords:Societal issues, Pollution, Human-animal relationships, Farming Livestock farming system
Published in 2024
Synthesis of different views on the moral status of animals, their "fundamental rights" and the relationship between fundamental rights and legal personhood.
Document Types: Opinions
Animal categories: All animals
Keywords: Societal issues
Published in 2024
The shared views of a group of INRAE researchers on the interdisciplinary research needed to support the transition to sustainable livestock production systems. Animal health and welfare are at the heart of these issues.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Societal issues, Environment, Living environment, One Welfare, Human-animal relationships, Livestock farming system
Published in 2024
On December 7, 2023, the European Commission brought forward only its proposed revision of the legislation on the protection of animals during transport, postponing the other long-awaited proposals to revise what is now outdated European animal welfare legislation. A group of MEPs has called on the European Commission to provide a precise timetable for the implementation of the legislative proposals that are still pending (farming, slaughter, labeling).
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Cattle, Mammals, Sheep, Pigs, Poultry
Keywords:Abandonment, Adoption, Livestock buildings, Animal trade, Identification, Housing, Restraint equipment, Livestock farming system, Transport, Societal issues
Published in 2024
Article reporting on the failure of a mobile on-farm cattle slaughtering initiative, despite the fact that this alternative model meets the animal welfare expectations of both consumers and farmers. The farmer involved looks back at the challenges and obstacles she faced, including the lack of parity instate subsidies compared with industrial abattoirs.
Document types: Technical Paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords: Euthanasia, Livestock farming system,Societal issues, Stress, Transportation
Published in 2024
Article summarising papers on veal calves given at the 74th European Animal Science Congress (EAAP). The presentations discussed work to identify societal expectations, establish the impact of different housing and feeding methods, evaluate changes in antibiotic use and develop tools for assessing biosecurity on farms.
Document Types: Technical review
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Livestock buildings, Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Housing, Socialization, livestock farming system
Published in 2023
Scientific study summarizing available literature sources on alternatives to the current culling method for male chicks and the public's view of these approaches. In ovo sex determination appears to be the main potential alternative method to the culling of male chicks, and the one preferred by consumers, especially if carried out during the early days of incubation.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Pain, Societal issues, Euthanasia, Prenatal issues, Livestock farming system
Published in 2024
Answer to a question on how long it has taken the Commission and EFSA to prepare the revision of European legislation concerning the "End the Cage Age", a revision which was not fully completed in the end.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Cattle, Goats, Equines, Sheep, Fish, Pigs, Ruminants, Poultry
Keywords:Livestock buildings, Housing, Societal issues, Restraint equipment, livestock farming system
Published in 2024
Scientific paper arguing that animal welfare should be included in the work of the OHHLEP (One Health High Level Expert Panel), and a technical working group should be created to finalize a UN convention on the issue resembling the 2018 UN Convention on Animal Health and Protection (UNCAHP). A transdisciplinary approach will be required, encompassing ethical, cultural, social, religious, political, economic and scientific aspects. In addition to veterinarians, experts from other disciplines linked to One Health will need to be consulted, such as specialized lawyers and jurists, representatives of animal rights movements, along withl as specialists in ethicseconomics.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: All animals
Keywords: One Welfare,Societal issues
Published in 2024
Article on the legal provisions set out in Article 13 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU) justifying certain trade restrictions on the grounds of respect for animal welfare. The authors point out that the procedures for transporting animals in large numbers do not comply with European legislation. As part of the current review of Regulation (EC) No. 1/2005 governing the transport of animals within and outside the EU, amendments should be considered to achieve effective animal welfare regulations.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Cattle, Pigs, Poultry
Keywords:Animal trade, Societal issues, Transportation
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