Keywords: Human-animal relationships

Welfare of pigs on farm

EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW): Søren Saxmose Nielsen, Julio Alvarez, Dominique Joseph Bicout, Paolo Calistri, Elisabetta Canali, Julian Ashley Drewe, Bruno Garin-Bastuji, Jose Luis Gonzales Rojas, Christian Gortázar Schmidt, Mette Herskin, Virginie Michel, Miguel Ángel Miranda Chueca, Barbara Padalino, Paolo Pasquali, Helen Clare Roberts, Hans Spoolder, Karl Stahl, Antonio Velarde, Arvo Viltrop, Christoph Winckler

Published in 2022

EFSA scientific opinion on the welfare of all categories of pigs found in the main European farming systems. It identifies the most important welfare risks,  the appropriate animal based measurements, and their consequences, describing preventive and corrective measures. It provides recommendations for each system to address specific pig welfare issues related to tail biting and the European citizens' initiative "End the Cage Age".

Document Types: Opinions

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Animal-based measurements,Adaptation of the animal to the environmentAdaptation of the environment to the animal, Consciousness, Housing, Memory, Enrichment, Risk management, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Societal issues, Livestock farming system, Mutilation, Welfare indicators

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Using a Delphi method to estimate the relevance of indicators for the assessment of shelter dog welfare

G.V. Berteselli, S. Messori, L. Arena, L. Smith, P. Dalla Villa, F. de Massis

Published in 2022

Scientific paper aiming to establish a standardized system to assess the welfare of shelter dogs. It uses two Delphi exercises to arrive at an expert consensus on the weighting of the different indicators measured. This is most easily achievable through animal-based measures.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories:Canine

Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Human-animal relationships, Stress

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Entre contrainte et ressource : la régionalisation du Bien-être animal comme opportunité politique

Adeline Deting

Published in 2022

Scientific review examining the influence of the Belgian political context on the activity of the animalist movement in that country, through the lens of two major political events: the 1986 creation and subsequent development of the Animal Welfare Council and the devolution of responsibility for animal welfare to the country's regions in 2014.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: All animals

Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships

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St. Martin's Act at 200 - Reflecting on the First Animal Welfare Law

Kim Stallwood, Martine Rowe

Published in 2022

Article recalling the actions of British parliamentarian Richard Martin, who passed the world's first democratic animal welfare law in 1822, and reviewing the progress and limitations of animal welfare legislation to date, along with the challenges to come.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: All animals

Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships

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The role of Precision Livestock Farming technologies in animal welfare monitoring: a review

Birte L. Nielsen

Published in 2022

Scientific review on the use of precision breeding techniques to improve the health, welfare and production of farm animals. It emphasizes the importance of affordable, reliable and easy-to-use equipment, providing data that reflect - adequately and in real time - different aspects of animal welfare status within the herd.

Document Types: Scientific review

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

Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Precision farming, Welfare indicators, Human-animal relationships

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Quality of Life within Horse Welfare Assessment Tools: Informing Decisions for Chronically Ill and Geriatric Horses

Mariessa Long, Christian Dürnberger, Florien Jenner, Zsófia Kelemen, Ulrike Auer, Herwig Grimm

Published in 2022

A scientific review, analyzing how tools for the assessment of equine welfare, quality of life and equine perceptions of quality of life, define and operationalize these concepts. It discusses how appropriate these tools are to the assessment of quality of life as part of end-of-life decision-making for chronically-ill or elderly horses.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Equines

Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Societal issues, Risk management, Welfare indicators, Human-animal relationships

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Un guide pratique sur le bien-être des vaches laitières pour les vétérinaires

Mathilde Clauss, François Gary

Published in 2022

Guide describing good practices in dealing with a sick animal and observing possible warning signs for animal welfare issues in a herd, animal welfare visits, how animal welfare can be integrated to a health visit, providing support for a shift towards increased animal welfare measures. It also looks closely at pain management, making the choice whether to transport an animal or slaughter it on site, good end-of-life practices, and how to discuss the longevity of dairy cows with farmers.

Document Types: Good practice guide

Animal categories: Bovines

Key word: Human-animal relationships, Living environment, Stress,Welfare indicators

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Unwilling or Unable? Using 3D tracking to evaluate dogs' reactions to differing human intentions

Christoph J. Völter, Lucrezia Lonardo, Maud G.G.M. Steinmann, Carolina Frizzo Ramos, Karoline Gerwisch, Monique-Theres Schranz, Iris Dobernig, Ludwig Huber

Published in 2022

Scientific paper showing that machine learning can reveal the cognitive capacity in pet dogs to distinguish between unwilling/unable motivational behaviours in humans: analysis based on 3D-tracking through machine learning reveals that dogs distinguish between similar actions (ie not giving them food) on the basis of human intentionality (being unable/not wanting to feed them).

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories:Canine

Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Modelling, Human-animal relationships

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European Parliament: Written answer to Question E-001983/22: Dog training collars: torture devices freely available for sale

Question: Aurélia Beigneux (ID). Answer: Mrs Kyriakides on behalf of the European Commission

Published in 2022

Answer to a question about the European Commission's position on anti-bark and training collars urging it to ban them.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories:Canine

Keywords:Pain, Societal issues, Human-animal relationships, Stress

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Lutte contre la maltraitance animale : mise en place du « certificat d’engagement et de connaissance » pour les équidés et les animaux de compagnie

Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security

Published in 2022

Press release containing the details of the application decree for the French law to combat the mistreatment of animals. This information concerns the practicalities surrounding the certificate of commitment and knowledge which is now compulsory for the purchasers of pets and keepers of equines.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories:Canine, Equine, Feline, Exotic pets

Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships

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