Published in 2021
UK Government document setting out the practical details of the measures in its Sustainable Farming Incentive Scheme. Farmers will be paid more for provision of a number of public benefits, including animal health and welfare.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords: Environment, Human-animal relationships,Societal issues, Stress
Published in 2022
Answer to a question on the Government's position on the ban on the slaughter of farm animals without prior stunning for religious reasons.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Cattle, Goats, Sheep, Poultry
Keywords:Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues, Stress
Published in 2022
Scientific paper investigating the behavioural and physiological responses of zoo snakes to disturbances in animal care. It highlights the need for better daily monitoring of animal-based welfare indicators and for further study on the behavioural and physiological responses of individuals and groups of snakes to changes in their living environment.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories:Reptiles
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Welfare indicators
Published in 2022
Report recommending ten farming practices to achieve a significant reduction in the use of antibiotics on European farms while improving animal health and welfare.
Document Types: Opinions
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords:Antibiotic resistance
Published in 2022
Results of a CGAAER survey in 11 Member States and 5 third countries on their position on animal welfare (AW), covering topics such as an end to cage farming, painful practices, animal welfare labelling, transport and slaughter, competition from third countries with less strict AW standards, the fight against the abandonment of domestic carnivores, and rules specific to Equidae. Its purpose is to assist the French Ministry of Agriculture and Food in developing the new French animal welfare strategy.
Document Types: Scientific review
Keywords:Societal issues, Mutilation, Transport, Welfare indicators
Published in 2022
Dossier setting out the current state of animal welfare in France, discussing the recent law on animal abuse, changes in regulatory and legal measures for animal protection in France and the European Union over time, current key issues, and how the perception of the relationship between humans and animals has changed in French society.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2022
Presentation of the results of an AHDB survey, demonstrating that animal welfare is a growing concern for British consumers. However, the latter are not prepared to pay more for their meat because they overestimate the quality of welfare conditions on British farms,. They are nevertheless increasingly aware of the health problems associated with farming practices.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords: Societal issues, Livestock farming system
Published in 2022
The 4th annual Ifop poll for 30 millions d'amis shows that the French public believes that the government measures on animal welfare set out in the law against animal suffering lack ambition, and that politicians do not pay sufficient attention to this issue. It shows strong support for bans on any situation likely to cause animal suffering, and for measures to be taken to reduce stress in livestock at slaughter.
Document Types: Scientific review
Keywords:Societal issues, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Livestock farming system
Published in 2022
Scientific review of the impact of enrichment research on zoo and aquarium practices. It reveals that zoo and aquarium professionals are paying heed to species-specific welfare needs by ensuring that enrichment protocols are supported by biological evidence. It goes on to highlight areas and species that need further research.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Wildlife, Fish
Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Enrichment, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2022
Scientific review of the idea that training can be considered to be a behavioural enrichment for animals. This view is based on 3 propositions: that training facilitates the use of enrichments; that it modifies social interactions and that it broadens behavioural repertoires.
Document Types: Scientific review
Keywords: Cognitive processes, Enrichment, Human-animal relationships,Learning, training
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