Published in 2021
Question on the European Commission's intention to establish a short restrictive list of the wild species allowed to be kept as pets.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Exotic pets
Keywords:Societal issues, Living environment
Published in 2021
Scientific paper on the gathering of an evidence base of expert opinion on welfare indicators for the animals to be included in a welfare assessment tool for four reptile families.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories:Exotic pets
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Enrichment, Living environment, Human-animal relationships, Societal issues, Welfare indicators
Published in 2021
Scientific review of the behavioural and physiological responses of horses in terms of stress, active behaviours, passive behaviours and abnormal behaviours, when their basic needs (social contact, presence of companions, freedom of movement, access to forage) are not fully met.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Animal-based measurements, Living environment, Livestock farming system, Welfare indicators
Published in 2021
Press release from the European Commission outlining its response to the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) to end cage farming. The Commission is committed to bringing forward legislation to phase out and eventually ban cage farming of the species listed in the ECI.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Porcines, Poultry
Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Livestock buildings, Enrichment, Housing, Living environment, Societal issues, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Opinion of the Federation of Veterinarians of Europe advocating the phasing out of cage systems in which veterinarians must play a proactive part.
Document Types: Opinions
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Livestock buildings, Enrichment, Housing, Living environment, Societal issues, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Scientific article showing that zoo visitors are not aware of the type of environmental enrichment (natural or artificial) in a lemur enclosure but are much more sensitive to the behaviour of the animals. It suggests that enrichment objects should be designed more for the effects they have on animals than for their appearance.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories:Wildlife
Keywords: Enrichment, Human-animal relationships, Living environment,Societal issues
Published in 2021
Scientific paper evaluating the welfare of Irish dairy cows in spring calving and pasture systems. Assessment indicators include lameness rates, body condition, discharge from the eyes and nose, tail and integument lesions, and avoidance distances. The overall results of the top 20% of farms are used to establish benchmarks.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Living environment, Livestock farming system, Welfare indicators
Published in 2020
A review of the literature on how pasture and other types of outdoor space influence the lying, standing, walking, feeding, socialising and oestrus behaviour of dairy cows.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Housing, Living environment, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Article on the advantages and disadvantages of keeping pigs outdoors vs indoors
Document types: Technical Paper
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Living environment, Human-animal relationships, Weaning, Stress, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Article describing advances in sow housing with less time spent in cages
Document types: Technical Paper
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Living environment, Human-animal relationships, Weaning, Stress, Livestock farming system
