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
Scientific review of the harmful effects of oestrogens on animal health and welfare (feminisation, reproductive disorders, physiological disturbances, disruption of programmed cell death, development of tumours). It concludes that there is a lack of scientific data on animals as compared to humans.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Mammals
Keywords:Environment, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Scientific article presenting a method of designing breeding and rearing systems that takes into account the animal as a subject, in order to improve animal welfare. Giving an animal the opportunity to influence its environment through choices and decision making according to its own preferences allows the animal to have positive experiences. The aim of the method is to create a mutually beneficial relationship between human goals and animal welfare in future breeding and rearing systems.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords: Animal-based measurements, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Consciousness, Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Scientific article comparing the perceptions and knowledge of zoo professionals in Europe and China, using telephone interviews on 3 Subjects: "what animal welfare is", "animal welfare frameworks" and "the human element in animal welfare". It shows that, although the concept of animal welfare is perceived in comparable ways by the two cultures, its implementation in China would require action by management and staff motivation.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories:Wildlife
Keywords: Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Human-animal relationships
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
Ex-post evaluation of EU animal-welfare labelling legislation, applying the criteria of relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, coherence and EU added value
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords: Welfare indicators
Published in 2021
Opinion of the four French scientific academies on the implementation of the One Health principle, concluding that progress has been limited and that human and veterinary medicine and research operate in silos. It recommends that closer ties should be created between the human and animal health professional sectors.
Document Types: Opinions
Keywords:Environment, Human-animal relationships, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Answer to a parliamentary question on whether the French Government intends to regulate the conditions under which farmed fish are reared to ensure their welfare
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Fish
Keywords: Societal issues, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Answer to an EU parliamentary question on the availability of statistics on the demand for and production of meat from ritual slaughter
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords:Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues
Published in 2021
Answer to a parliamentary question on the measures the Ministry of Agriculture intends to take to improve the living conditions of farmed fish.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Fish
Keywords: Societal issues, Livestock farming system
