Published in 2021
Parliamentary question on ritual slaughter and halal labelling
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines
Keywords:Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues, Human-animal relationships, Stress
Published in 2021
A good practice guide published by the French Ministry of Agriculture and Food, concentrating on the care of pets over the holiday period, how to look after them in hot weather, what arrangements to make when travelling with them, and what to do if you come across a stray dog or cat.
Document Types: Good practice guide
Animal categories: Canines, Felines
Keywords:Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues, Living environment, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Welfare indicators
Published in 2021
Answer to a question on how the European Commission would respond to the introduction of a subsidy for sheep shearing in Ireland, given that Irish farmers are choosing not to shear because it is not economically viable, despite the fact that shearing is necessary for animal welfare.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Ovines
Keywords:Societal issues, Living environment, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
A scientific paper to identify the challenges and solutions involved in improving lumpfish welfare in salmon farming using a Delphi method with stakeholders in the fish-farming sector. Respondents identified 5 behavioural and 12 physical indicators that were useful. However, lumpfish and salmon have very different behavioural and physiological needs, so the welfare standards of one species are not appropriate for the other.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Fish
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Consciousness, Pain, Welfare indicators, Living environment, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Scientific paper reporting long-term observations of the behaviour of a group of dolphins in a dolphinarium. It highlights that noise leads to decreases in play behaviour and training performance, and increased time spent swimming rapidly, and that significant changes to time allocation in activity budgets can affect the animals' welfare.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Mammals
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Consciousness, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Welfare indicators
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
Published in 2021
The first draft of the Guide de bonnes pratiques pour l’application des engagements de la charte pour le bien-être des équidés was submitted for evaluation to Anses, which issued its opinion in January 2021. This revised version 2.0, which incorporates Anses's recommendations, was validated by the Ministry of Agriculture on 15 July 2021.
Document Types: Good practice guide
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Consciousness, Enrichment, Welfare indicators, Housing, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Pain
Published in 2021
Presentation of the EURCAW-Pigs report on the welfare of pigs in abattoirs, providing the regulatory background and focusing on the animal-based indicators and areas of intervention that should be incorporated in veterinary inspections.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Consciousness, Pain, Carcass quality, Stress
Published in 2021
Threats to animal welfare during transport, listing the specific risk factors and proposing measures to ensure better welfare.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Welfare indicators, Fear, Stress, Transport
Published in 2021
Scientific review of articles dealing with 4 topics, both alone and in combination: animal welfare, the physiology of stress, impacts on climate change, and production in livestock farming. It concludes that, although all these areas are strongly represented in the literature, there is a lack of studies examining their interactions and their impacts on livestock production.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords: Environment,Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Stress
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