Published in 2026
Systematic review of 1,331 articles (1991-2024) using text mining techniques to identify seven major research Subjects on pig welfare. It reveals a rapid expansion in scientific outputs dominated by Europe and highlights key topics such as tail docking, transport and weaning.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Porcines
Published in 2025
Meta-analysis comparing the effects on laying hens of beak trimming with a hot blade or infrared radiation. The infrared method would appear to be a less invasive option, but further studies are needed to confirm this finding.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Poultry
Published in 2025
Study highlighting the fact that the social isolation of domestic stallions, a common on-farm practice, leads to stress, stereotypies and reproductive disorders. It recommends that they be provided with greater social contact and conditions approaching their natural way of life, to improve their welfare and fertility.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Equines
Published in 2025
Review examining the management of feline overpopulation, which requires a holistic and locally specific approach covering domestic cats, cats in shelters and those living in the wild, while taking environmental factors, feline demographic processes and human community dynamics into account.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Felines
Published in 2025
Study analyzing animal welfare issues along the full length of the food chain, from breeding and rearing to culinary preparation. It highlights ethical tensions, innovations (lab-grown meat, plant-based alternatives, insects) and regulatory gaps. It proposes a roadmap to integrate animal welfare science into culinary training and promote the sustainable and responsible enjoyment of food.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Cattle, Goats, Crustaceans, Sheep, Fish, Pigs, Poultry
Published in 2025
EFSA technical report updating its 2001 analysis of the welfare of animals bred for their fur (mink, fox, raccoon dog, chinchilla), incorporating recent data on these animals' biology and the production cycles and farming methods used.
Document Types: Technical review
Animal categories: Mammals
Published in 2025
Review showing that intensive genetic selection of broilers has led to male sexual behavior dysfunctions (absence of courtship, forced mating, injury to hens), linked to genetic, neuroendocrine and environmental factors.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Poultry
Published in 2025
In response to concerns about the mass slaughter of stray dogs in Turkey, the Commission points out that animal welfare is not regulated at EU level for third countries. However, it supports the actions of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE),of which Turkey is a member, to promote international standards on the ethical management of dog populations.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Published in 2024
Review on optimizing dairy cow comfort
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines
Published in 2025
Question from a French Deputy to the government on how the law on stray cats should be implemented and what local councillors need to do to gain access to the funding earmarked to deal with the problem of stray cats, in particular through sterilization.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Felines
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