Subject: Interspecies relationships

Animal Abuse as an Indicator of Domestic Violence: One Health, One Welfare Approach

Daniel Mota-Rojas, Stefany Monsalve, Karina Lezama-García, Patricia Mora-Medina, Adriana Domínguez-Oliva, Ramiro Ramírez-Necoechea, Rita de Cassia Maria Garcia

Published in 2022

Scientific review reminding the reader of the link between violence towards animals and violence towards humans and the importance of finding early indicators of violent behaviour. It underlines the importance of the role of the veterinarian in detecting animal abuse and cruelty.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: All animals

Keywords: Psychiatric disorder, Human-animal relationships,Societal issues

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Parlons-nous trop du 'bien-être animal' ?

Marie-Claude Marsolier

Published in 2022

This article goes back to the origin of the French term "bien-être animal" as a translation of the English "animal welfare'. The latter has a more neutral connotation similar to the French "protection animale" (which can be good or bad), whereas the French "bien-être animal" has the same positive connotation in the minds of the French public as "animal well-being" in English. This produces a mismatch when it is used in France to describe a state that is not related to well-being but is instead independent of the conditions under which the animals are kept.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: All animals

Keywords: Societal issues

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French National Assembly: Réponse écrite à la question n°40650 : La situation de l’errance animale

Question: Jean-Hugues Ratenon (La France insoumise - Réunion). Answer:  French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2022

Answer to a question on the French government's policy to prevent the straying of animals, and asking whether the recovery plan provides for funding for associations that are actively involved in reducing the number of stray animals on La Réunion, where the phenomenon is particularly prevalent.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Canines, Felines

Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships

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The Importance of Evaluating Positive Welfare Characteristics and Temperament

Sharmaine L. Miller, James A. Serpell, Kathryn R. Dalton, Kaitlin B. Waite, Daniel O. Morris, Laurel E. Redding, Nancy A. Dreschel, Meghan F. Davis

Published in 2022

Scientific review of physiological and behavioural indicators of positive welfare that could be used to assess the welfare status of therapy dogs, recommending that the individual personalities of the dogs be taken into account.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories:Canine

Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Human-animal relationships, Welfare indicators

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French National Assembly: Réponse écrite à la question n°43406 : Protection des animaux – Politique de stérilisation à la Réunion

Karine Lebon (Gauche démocrate et républicaine - Réunion). Answer: French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2022

Answer to a question on the policy of sterilising dogs and cats, especially on the island of La Réunion where the number of stray pets is very high.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Canines, Felines

Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships

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Des souris, des vaches, des odeurs et des hommes

Alexandra Destrez

Published in 2022

Article on the importance of olfaction in human-animal relations. Whether the animal is a farm animal, a laboratory animal or a pet, human scents have an emotional impact on animals because of their strong sense of smell.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: All animals

Keywords:Societal issues, Human-animal relationships, Stress

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Cichlids and stingrays can add and subtract 'one' in the number space from one to five

V. Schluessel, N. Kreuter, I. M. Gosemann, E. Schmidt

Published in 2022

Scientific paper proving that stingrays and cichlids are capable of learning to add and subtract, confirming that, at the least, the common ancestor of vertebrates could carry out these two operations.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Fish

Keywords: Cognitive processes,Learning, training, Evolutionary processes, Human-animal relationships

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Humans and Goats: Improving Knowledge for a Better Relationship

Stefania Celozzi, Monica Battini, Emanuela Prato-Previde, Silvana Mattiello

Published in 2022

Scientific review of human-goat relationships, discussing how they communicate, what factors affect their relationship, and what factors affect human-goat interactions.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Caprines

Keywords: Human-animal relationships, Stress,Welfare indicators

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Assessing animal welfare: a triangulation of preference, judgement bias and other candidate welfare indicators

Elizabeth S. Paul, William Browne, Michael T. Mendl, Gina Caplen, Anna Trevarthen, Suzanne Held, Christine J. Nicol

Published in 2022

Scientific paper showing that hens kept in living conditions generally viewed as those preferred by a species and individually (as demonstrated by experiments) show greater optimism than those in kept living conditions that are less preferable for both the species and the individual. 

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Enrichment, Living environment, Livestock farming system

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My Fear Is Not, and Never Will Be, Your Fear: On Emotions and Feelings in Animals

Mariska E. Kret, Jorg J. M. Massen, Frans B. M. de Waal

Published in 2022

Scientific article explaining ways that the presence or absence of emotions and feelings in animals can be assessed and recommending multi-methodological approaches to the issue.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: All animals

Keywords:Consciousness, Societal issues, Fear, Human-animal relationships

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