Species : Dogs

Assemblée nationale : réponse écrite à la question n°7621 : Abandon d’animaux de compagnie à l’approche de l’été

Question: Alexandra Martin (Les Républicains - Alpes-Maritimes). Answer: French Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty

Published in 2023

Written answer to a question asking what action the government plans to take to manage pet abandonment during the summer and what measures it intends to take to support shelters and animal protection societies.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Canines, Felines, Exotic pets

Keywords: Adoption,Abandonment, Human-animal relationships, Abuse, Population management, Societal issues

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Toxicity of House Plants to Pet Animals

Zuzana Siroka

Published in 2023

Scientific review of the most common and popular poisonous houseplants in Europe, how their active substances work, and the clinical signs of poisoning, with photographs and suggested treatments for poisoned pets.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Canines, Felines

Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Risk management, Living environment

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The Science and Social Validity of Companion Animal Welfare: Functionally Defined Parameters in a Multidisciplinary Field

Lauren I. Novack , Lauren Schnell-Peskin, Erica Feuerbacher, Eduardo J. Fernandez

Published in 2023

Scientific review on the importance of including ways to measure animal welfare indicators during behavioral interventions for dogs so that the animal's feelings can be better taken into account and to make these interventions more acceptable to animals and owners.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories:Canine

Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Education, Behavioural disorders, Human-animal relationships, Welfare indicators

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Comment un maire peut-il porter une politique publique en faveur du bien-être animal en ville ? 

Rémi Stoltz

Published in 2019

Master's thesis concluding that the growing societal demand for greater attention to animal welfare has become a political issue. The issue of animal welfare in the city must take into account the specific features of each urban area, while the role of local government and the way in which public policy on animal welfare is implemented is not insignificant. The dissertation proposes concrete actions to implement a public policy in favor of animal welfare tailored to the city of Lyon.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Canines, Felines, Exotic pets

Keywords:Abandonment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Adoption, Societal issues, Population management, Living environment, One Welfare, Human-animal relationships, Resilience

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Dog owners' recognition of pain-related behavioral changes in their dogs

Ahu Demirtas, Durmus Atilgan, Begum Saral, Sevim Isparta, Hakan Ozturk, Tarkan Ozvardar, Yasemin Salgirli Demirbas

Published in 2023

Scientific paper showing that owners are able to notice certain behavioral and/or body-language changes related to pain in their dogs in everyday contexts, particularly during activity/exercise and position changes. This result allows the creation of pain scales that can be used by owners to detect chronic pain at an early stage and improve the quality of life of dogs.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories:Canine

Keywords: Pain, Welfare indicators, Human-animal relationships

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Visual perception of emotion cues in dogs: a critical review of methodologies

Catia Correia-Caeiro, Kun Guo, Daniel S. Mills

Published in 2023

Scientific review revealing that research on the visual perception of emotions in dogs focuses on facial emotional cues, often ignoring whole-body information, and pointing to the interpretive errors that can arise as the result of poor study design and incorporation of biases such as anthropomorphism. It suggests that new technologies nevertheless offer a way to resolve data collection issues, offering useful perspectives in this area of study.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories:Canine

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

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Dogs functionally respond to and use emotional information from human expressions

Natalia Albuquerque, Briseida Resende

Published in 2022

A scientific review of dogs' abilities to respond to and make functional use of emotional information from human expressions. It discusses the extent to which dogs can read human emotions.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories:Canine

Keywords:Cognitive processes, Human-animal relationships

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European Parliament: Written answer to question E-003889/2022: Online sale of dog and cat poisons

Question: Francesca Donato (NI). Answer: Ms Kyriakides on behalf of the European Commission

Published in 2023

Written answer to a question on whether the European Commission is aware of online sales of poison baits for cats and dogs under the misleading term "repellents", asking what measures it intends to take to prevent them.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Canines, Felines

Keywords:Societal issues, Abuse, Human-animal relationships

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Domestic dog lineages reveal genetic drivers of behavioral diversification

Emily V. Dutrow, James A. Serpell, Elaine A. Ostrander

Published in 2022

Scientific paper to identify genetic factors in canine behavior and understand the relationships between dog breeds and the behaviors that define them. Genetic analysis shows that the diversification of canine behavior pre-dates the creation of modern breeds and that canine genetic diversity is associated with the co-expression of neurodevelopmental genes.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories:Canine

Keywords:Herding dogs, Neurogenesis, Human-animal relationships

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Positive Aspects of Welfare in Sheep: Current Debates and Future Opportunities

Mukhtar Muhammad, Jessica E. Stokes, Louise Manning

Published in 2022

Review of the scientific literature on welfare indicators in sheep, in particular those that assess a positive emotional state in this species.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Canines, Felines

Keywords:Societal issues, Risk management, Human-animal relationships

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