Species : Multiple species

Intra-EU movements of live aquatic animals

Animal Identification and Movement Control Office

Published in 2024

French technical note setting out how EU Regulation 2016/429 (LSA) applies to movement of live aquatic animals between Member States.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories:Crustaceans, Molluscs, Fish

Keywords: Transport

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Multi-animal 3D social pose estimation, identification and behaviour embedding with a few-shot learning framework

Yaning Han, Ke Chen, Yunke Wang, Wenhao Liu, Zhouwei Wang, Xiaojing Wang, Chuanliang Han, Jiahui Liao, Kang Huang, Shengyuan Cai, Yiting Huang, Nan Wang, Jinxiu Li, Yangwangzi Song, Jing Li, Guo-Dong Wang, Liping Wang, Yaping Zhang, Pengfei Wei

Published in 2024

Scientific article presenting a computer tool for quantifying subtle animal social behaviors in fields such as neuroscience and ecology

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: All animals

Keywords:Precision farming, Socialization

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Advancing Animal Welfare in Zoos through Data Science: Scaling Up Continuous Improvement Efforts

Matyas Liptovszky

Published in 2024

Opinion piece arguing for the transformative potential of data science to advance animal welfare in zoos.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories:Wildlife

Keywords: Animal-based measurements, Precision farming, Welfare indicators

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Assemblée nationale : réponse à la question n°11034 : Lutte contre la maltraitance animale

Question: Mr. Jean-Marc Zulesi (Renaissance - Bouches-du-Rhône). Answer: Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty

Published in 2023

Answer to a question on the timetable for implementation of article 14 of the law to combat animal abuse, which provides for the introduction of a positive list specifying the animal species that may be kept by private individuals and in hobby farms.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories:Wildlife

Keywords:Animal trade, Population management, Living environment, Human-animal relationships, Societal issues

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Assemblée nationale : réponse écrite à la question n°10274 : Exploitation des animaux domestiques dans les spectacles itinérants

Question: Mrs Anne-Laurence Petel (Renaissance - Bouches-du-Rhône). Answer: Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty

Published in 2023

Answer to a question on whether the French Government plans to pursue the legislative changes initiated by the Law of November 30, 2021 by prohibiting the exploitation of domestic animals in traveling shows.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories:Cattle, Dogs, Goats, Equines, Birds (excluding poultry)

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Societal issues, Human-animal relationships, Stress

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Assemblée nationale : réponse écrite à la question n°11685 : Conditions de transport des animaux vivants sur de longues distances

Question: Mr Jorys Bovet (Rassemblement National - Allier). Answer: French Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty

Published in 2023

Answer to a question concerning the measures taken to control the conditions under which animals are transported over long distances and those that France intends to put forward to improve these conditions when the European regulation on the subject undegoes revision.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories:Cattle, Goats, Equines, Sheep, Primates, Poultry

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Stress, Transport

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Wanted dead or alive: ethics and animal welfare in food choice

Alessandro Di Marzio, Elza Birbele, Rebeka Šķērstiņa

Published in 2023

Scientific article presenting the results of a survey conducted among participants at the European Zoo Nutrition Conference 2023 on the use of live animals to feed zoo animals. Information was collected on respondents' own practices and views on the ethics of the practice.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories:Wildlife

Key word:Pain, Societal issues, One Welfare

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Guidance: Livestock at farm shows and markets: welfare regulations

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (UK)

Published in 2023

Update of a guide originally published in 2012 by the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on the laws and regulations protecting farm animals at shows and markets, with particular reference to compliance rules for pens, cages and hutches.

Document Types: Good practice guide

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

Keywords:Animal trade, Housing, Living environment, Human-animal relationships, Societal issues

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Annual report of the EFSA Networks on Animal Welfare 2023

EFSA

Published in 2023

Technical report summarizing the activities of EFSA's network subgroups on animal welfare as presented at their 2023 annual meeting, including the progress of EFSA's ongoing welfare mandates along with two new mandates, on dog and cat welfare, and on use of diathermic syncope for cattle stunning. Discussions took place on various subjects, including hypertypes and genetic diseases in dogs, the need for stunning before the killing of decapods, the assessment of welfare at pasture, and population reduction methods in the event of an avian flu crisis.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories:Cattle, Dogs, Goats, Equines, Felines, Molluscs, Sheep, Pigs, Poultry

Keywords:All subjects

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Urban animal welfare

Marion Weisslinger

Published in 2023

Dossier, including a video interview with a researcher in animal ethics, describing the different domestic and liminal animals that inhabit cities, the competition for space with humans, the need to consider the welfare of these animals, and the management of their populations.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories:Wildlife

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Biodiversity, Societal issues, Population management, One Welfare, Human-animal relationships

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