Published in 2024
Report on a survey carried out in Denmark in 2023 to gather information on the national fish welfare system for aquaculture. The Danish authorities take the view that current scientific knowledge is not sufficient to serve as a basis for the creation of a legislative framework for the welfare of farmed fish.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Fish
Published in 2024
Answer from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty to a question from a Member of Parliament concerning the role and number of veterinarians in charge of controls in French abattoirs.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords:Pain, Euthanasia, Abuse, Mutilation, Processing
Published in 2024
Answer to a question from a Member of Parliament asking the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty about the precise assessment of the improvements that the law on the abandonment of pets has been able to bring about and the concrete measures that the Government is planning to take in order to curb these abandonments and encourage animal welfare.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Canine, Equine, Feline, Exotic pets
Keywords:Abandonment, Adoption, Abuse
Published in 2024
On December 7, 2023, the European Commission brought forward only its proposed revision of the legislation on the protection of animals during transport, postponing the other long-awaited proposals to revise what is now outdated European animal welfare legislation. A group of MEPs has called on the European Commission to provide a precise timetable for the implementation of the legislative proposals that are still pending (farming, slaughter, labeling).
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Cattle, Mammals, Sheep, Pigs, Poultry
Keywords:Abandonment, Adoption, Livestock buildings, Animal trade, Identification, Housing, Restraint equipment, Livestock farming system, Transport, Societal issues
Published in 2024
A summary of the proposed revision of the legislation on the protection of animals during transport is available on the European Parliament website. Information on the background to this legislation and the timetable for the various stages of its revision are provided.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Cattle, Dogs, Felines, Sheep, Pigs, Poultry
Keywords:Animal trade, Transport
Published in 2024
The Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union will not be supporting the proposed new European regulation on the protection of animals during transport. An MEP asks the European Commission on its intentions to relaunch this reform project, and on the possibility that the transport of meat transport could be encouraged as an alternative to live animal transport.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Bovines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords:Animal trade, Transport
Published in 2024
Answer from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty to a question from a member of parliament on the conditions under which animals are killed in abattoirs, and the measures the government intends to take to ensure effective controls by veterinary services and compliance with current regulations. The presence of an animal welfare officer in each abattoir must also be confirmed.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Bovines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords:Pain, Euthanasia, Abuse, Mutilation, Processing
Published in 2024
Analysis of a survey on the occurrence of various animal welfare violations in German abattoirs. Offences reported and penalized mainly concerned the use of prohibited driving aids, lack of care, and improper restraint, stunning and bleeding. The authors suggest that official veterinarians should carry out closer monitoring of compliance with the legislation for these specific situations and that the training of abattoir staff should be improved.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories:Bovines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords:Pain, Euthanasia, Abuse, Mutilation, Processing
Published in 2024
Article reporting on the failure of a mobile on-farm cattle slaughtering initiative, despite the fact that this alternative model meets the animal welfare expectations of both consumers and farmers. The farmer involved looks back at the challenges and obstacles she faced, including the lack of parity instate subsidies compared with industrial abattoirs.
Document types: Technical Paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords: Euthanasia, Livestock farming system,Societal issues, Stress, Transportation
Published in 2024
MASA's response to a question from a French Member of Parliament about animal abuse at the Craon abattoir, despite the Ministry's creation of a national task force in 2021 to increase inspections under the French Abattoir Plan.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Bovines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords:Pain, Euthanasia, Abuse, Mutilation, Processing
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