Published in 2023
Answer to a question on the possible introduction of labelling to show "slaughter with stunning" or "slaughter without stunning", to enable all consumers to make informed purchases.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines
Keywords:Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues, Human-animal relationships, Stress
Published in 2023
A white paper that presents a framework that is feasible in legal terms for a positive list of exotic animal species that could be legally traded and/or kept as pets. This list takes into account animal welfare, public health, and Adaptation of the animal to the environment conservation.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Wildlife
Keywords:Societal issues, Animal population management, Living environment, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2023
Paper developing welfare indicators for use in life cycle assessment (LCA) and different ways of aggregating them, then testing them on British pig farms. It shows that farms in the same LCA class have the same types of quality labels, and that the details of the way in which LCA welfare measures are established have little impact on the classification of farms based on their welfare levels.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Animal-based measurements, Environment, Welfare indicators, Living environment
Published in 2023
Book discussing the consequences of the failure to define animal sentience in the French Civil Code, which states only that "animals are living beings endowed with sentience". The book explores the legal consequences of recognising animal sentience, the possibility of differences in sentience between species, and how to improve legal protections for such sentience.
Document Types: Scientific work
Animal categories: All animals
Keywords:Societal issues, One Welfare, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2023
Review of the impacts of the social determinants of pet owners' health (ie the social, physical, and economic factors that impact human health) on their pets' welfare.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Canines, Felines, Exotic pets
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, One Welfare, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2023
Publication reviewing the main factors contributing to poor welfare in broiler chickens, their sources, how to mitigate them, and farm management methods that can promote welfare.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Animal-based measurements, Enrichment, Housing, Living environment, Fear, Stress, Livestock farming system, Welfare indicators
Published in 2023
Scientific review revealing that research on the visual perception of emotions in dogs focuses on facial emotional cues, often ignoring whole-body information, and pointing to the interpretive errors that can arise as the result of poor study design and incorporation of biases such as anthropomorphism. It suggests that new technologies nevertheless offer a way to resolve data collection issues, offering useful perspectives in this area of study.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Canine
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Precision farming, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2023
Scientific paper to determine the animal welfare status in Norwegian free-stall dairy herds as assessed using the Welfare Quality® assessment protocol. It shows that in most herds, animals have a positive relationship with humans but have difficulty lying down and a high prevalence of integumentary lesions.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Animal-based measurements, Housing, Human-animal relationships, Welfare indicators
Published in 2023
Report presenting Eurogroup for Animals's vision for the future of agriculture by 2050. It includes the reversal of the plant/animal protein ratio in human food; a net decrease in the number of farm animals; a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by the food industry; improved public health; and greater consideration for the feelings of animals.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Cattle, Goats, Equines, Fish, Pigs, Poultry
Keywords:Antibiotic resistance, Biodiversity, Societal issues, Environment, One Welfare, Pollution, Human-animal relationships, Livestock farming system
Published in 2022
A scientific review of dogs' abilities to respond to and make functional use of emotional information from human expressions. It discusses the extent to which dogs can read human emotions.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Canine
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