Published in 2015
Updated Guide to Good Practice: Welfare at Slaughter, which provides advice on how to improve the treatment of animals at slaughter, complementing UK and EU legislation. The guide is intended for food industry professionals.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Category of animals: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines
Keywords:Animal-based measurement, Education, Euthanasia
Published in 2025
Review article tracing the evolution of opinion on pain in crustaceans over time. There are numerous scientific studies that discuss indications, but not incontrovertible proof, that Crustaceans are sensitive to pain. The difficulty in proving beyond doubt that Crustaceans experience pain leads some experts continue to question this, while others invoke the precautionary principle. This principle was applied in 2022, leading to the inclusion of decapod crustaceans in the UK's Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act of that year.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Arthropods
Key words:Consciousness, Pain, Euthanasia
Published in 2025
Answer from the European Commission to a report from an MEP of serious breaches of the rules governing the transport of unweaned calves from Ireland to Europe, including falsified documents and unsuitable conditions. The Commission, which is concerned by these practices, is following up the case, and the Irish authorities have launched an investigation into the animal collection center involved.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Bovines
Key words:Animal trade, Pain, Euthanasia, Abuse, Transport
Published in 2024
Review examining the factors influencing the welfare of yellow mealworms in farming, such as abiotic conditions, nutrition, intra/interspecific interactions and slaughter methods. Practical recommendations and research directions are suggested that would improve and anticipate welfare issues in this rapidly expanding sector.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:invertebrates, Insects
Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Euthanasia, Welfare indicator, Living environment, Stress
Published in 2024
Study evaluating the impact of slaughter methods on carp stress, measured via biochemical blood parameters. The method recommended to reduce stress is percussion followed by destruction of the brain.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Fish
Keywords:Animal-based measurement, Consciousness, Pain, Euthanasia, Stress
Published in 2024
Question from an MEP to the European Commission on the culling of day-old male chicks in some Member States, despite the existence of in-ovo sexing technologies and answer from the Commission stating that it is examining this issue on the basis of EFSA Opinions and impact studies, with a view to including a harmonized ban in forthcoming legislation on animal welfare.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Poultry
Key words:Pain, Euthanasia, Abuse, Prenatal
Published in 2024
Article exploring the tensions between the requirement in EC Regulation 1099/2009 to monitor the state of consciousness of cattle during slaughter, and the fluidity of the industrial process in abattoirs. It highlights the difficulties of implementation, particularly for ritual slaughter, and the strategies developed to reconcile regulatory requirements and productivity.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Animal-based measurement, Animal trade, Consciousness, Pain, Euthanasia, Brain integration, Stress
Published in 2024
Analytical article raising the issue of pet welfare not covered by European legislation, such as ethical breeding, sales, transport and end-of-life care. It concludes that a transdisciplinary approach and better education in responsible pet ownership are essential to improve pet protection via a harmonized legal framework.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Canines, Felines
Keywords:Abandonment, Adoption, Castration, Euthanasia, End of life, Abuse, Living environment, One Welfare, Spaying, Aging, Animal trade
Published in 2024
Dissertation examining the role and evolution of the Conseil national de l'alimentation (CNA) and its management of the Comité national d'éthique des abattoirs (CNEAb), which deals with topics related to animal protection and abattoir ethics in a context of societal crisis. The CNEAb, initially a temporary body, has been made permanent, becoming a unique forum in Europe for constructive debate on animal protection, particularly in connection with the revision of the European regulations on animal transport.
Document Types: Technical work
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords: Carcass quality, Euthanasia, Abuse,Animal trade, Transport, Societal issues
Published in 2024
An MEP raises the issue of the mass slaughter of stray animals in Romania in relation to EU animal welfare standards. The European Commission points out that there are no specific European regulations on the euthanasia of dogs and cats, leaving this issue to the Member States. A proposal for a regulation on the welfare of dogs and cats, currently passing through the legislative process, addresses certain aspects of euthanasia.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Canines, Felines
Keywords: Adoption, Euthanasia,Abandonment, Population management
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