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
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 2017
Standards developed by the RSPCA for the rearing, handling, transport and slaughter/killing of broilers, based on UK legislation, scientific findings, recommendations from veterinarians and the Farm Animal Welfare Committee, and the experience of livestock professionals.
Document Types: Good practice guide
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords: Enrichment, Human-animal relationships, Livestock farming system,Societal issues
Published in 2022
Decree to eother small companion animalst the new framework governing the killing of chicks in hatcheries and outside abattoirs, confirming the legal cessation of the culling of male chicks at birth by the end of 2022.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords: Pain, Human-animal relationships, Stress
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
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 2021
Review by EURCAW-Pigs recommending that inspections for piglets at slaughter should focus on animal-based welfare indicators, with particular attention to 4 issues: the appropriateness of the decision to slaughter the animals; the handling and movement of piglets towards the point of slaughter; the slaughter method, preferably using single-step procedures; and the post-mortem inspection of carcasses.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Consciousness, Human-animal relationships, Stress
Published in 2022
Technical Instruction specifying changes to the procedures associated with the official monitoring of animal protection in the abattoir at the time of slaughter in France
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords:Anxiety, Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues, Stress
Published in 2022
Réponse à une question portant sur l’urgence de prendre des mesures pour lutter contre l’abandon d’animaux de compagnie.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Canines, Felines
Keywords:Societal issues, Risk management, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2021
Technical instruction listing existing training that is now recognised as being of an acceptable standard to qualify animal welfare advisors in pig and poultry farming, being part of the framework for the implementation of the French ministerial decree on such training.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Porcines, Poultry
Keywords:Resilience, Livestock farming system
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