The Animal Welfare Collaborative

News 12 - 25 January 2023

Cross-sectoral

New US Legislation Prioritizes Emergency Preparedness to Help Farm Animals and Taxpayers (AWI O/S)

Cattle in beef & dairy production

Health and welfare of UK dairy herd vital for success (Dairy Global O/S)
Why So Many Broken Tails? (Dairy Herd Management O/S)
Improving calf welfare during disbudding (Dairy Global O/S)

Pigs in pork production

Hog welfare laws covered less than 3% of all hogs in U.S. in 2022, USDA says (Investigate Mid-West O/S)
HyLife weaning ramp receives Temple Grandin endorsement (National Hog Farmer O/S)
Norwegian police weigh animal cruelty charges against pig farmers (Courthouse News Service O/S)

Poultry in meat & egg production

Update - National Chicken Council Broiler Welfare Guidelines and Audit Checklist (National Chicken Council O/S)
‘Please don’t get a chicken’: New Zealand egg shortage sparks scramble for poultry (The Guardian)
Colony cages: the struggle continues for chickens (SPCA NZ O/S)
Belgian region ends force-feeding as last foie gras farm closes (Euractiv O/S)
Focus - higher welfare in poultry production (Poultry World O/S)
Lasers could encourage broiler movement, welfare (Watt Poultry O/S)

Sheep in meat & wool production

Shearing worker shortage leads to sheep crutching invention at Springleigh Station (ABC)

Animals in transit & at slaughter

RSPCA renews calls for CCTV in slaughterhouses in Wales (Wales Farmer O/S)
The biggest animal welfare crisis you’ve never heard of (Vox O/S)
Animal activist group asks FSIS for more regulation of ‘Custom Exempt’ slaughter (Food Safety News O/S)
EU member states aim to thwart live animal transport ban (Euractiv O/S)

Animals in aquaculture and wild caught

Wild Fish Feel Pain — But They Have No Welfare Protections (Sentient Media O/S)
Study aims to improve welfare of Europe's top five farmed fish (The Fish Site O/S)

Animals in research & teaching

FDA no longer needs to require animal tests before human drug trials (Science O/S)
Researching liver disease in animals (Understanding Animal Research O/S)

Animals in racing, sports & work

NSW won’t review decision to allow ‘inhumane’ greyhound breeding technique (The Guardian)
Painful and invasive racing greyhound breeding technique should be banned, vets say (The Guardian)
Australian Veterinary Association strengthens policy against the use of whips on horses (The Guardian)
Renewed calls for the Government to ban rodeo after three animal deaths (NZ Herald O/S)
Though Rodeos May Seem Fun, They Cause Immense Abuse to Horses and Cattle (GreenMatters O/S)
World Horse Welfare clearly have an agenda – our leaders should stand up to them not do their bidding (The Sun O/S)

Animals in zoos, aquaria & the wild

Is It Ethical to Hunt Captive Lions? (Smithsonian Magazine O/S)
Dublin Zoo largely cleared of animal welfare concerns after investigation (Independent.ie O/S)
Egypt zoo overhaul plan raises animal welfare fears (BBC O/S)

Pets & companion animals

Inside the world of organised crime and extreme dog breeding (BBC O/S)
France bans ‘training’ dog collars that cause pain to animals (The Connexion O/S)

Podcasts & presentations

National Primary Industries Animal Welfare Research, Development and Extension Strategy Research Snapshots 2022 – presentations (NAWRDES)
Who We Eat (Arte.tv O/S)

Policy

Animal-friendly laws are gaining traction across the U.S. (National Geographic O/S)
Animal welfare laws threatened by new bill – RSPCA UK (Agriland O/S)
Who Do We Eat? – the EU Animal Welfare Legislation Under Review (Slowfood O/S)
Halal and kosher meat labelling reforms under consideration, MPs told (Evening Standard O/S)

Other/Publications

World Animal Protection appoints new Head of Global Celebrity & Influencer Relations (PR Newswire O/S)
Domínguez-Oliva, A.; Mota-Rojas, D.; Semendric, I.; Whittaker, A.L. The Impact of Vegan Diets on Indicators of Health in Dogs and Cats: A Systematic Review. Vet. Sci. 2023, 10, 52. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci10010052
Cassandra N. Reedman, Todd F. Duffield, Trevor J. DeVries, Kerry D. Lissemore and Charlotte B. Winder. Graduate Student Literature Review: Role of pain mitigation on the welfare of dairy calves undergoing disbudding. J. Dairy Sci. 105:6809–6819. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2021-21349

Conferences, Seminars & Events

AWP25 Webinars “Achieving Change in the Animal Protection Movement” February 6^th 2023 12 pm PT (Commences 7.00am AEDT 7^th February 2023) (UBC)
Calf Care & Quality Assurance: A New Tool for Calf Raisers February 7^th 2023, 5.00am AEDT (Register)
International Forum for the Aftercare of Racehorses (IFAR) 14 – 19^th February 2023, Melbourne (Details)
evokeAG. 21^st – 22^nd February 2023, Adelaide. (evokeAG)
RSPCA Animal Welfare Seminar 2023. Quit horsing around: Advancing horse welfare in Australia. Wednesday 22^nd – 23^rd February 2023. Online. (RSPCA)
AWP25 Webinars “Achieving Change for Wild Animals” March 6 2023 12 pm PT (Commences 7.00am AEDT 7^th March 2023 (UBC)
Queensland Animal Ethics Committee training and networking day. 17^th March, 9.00 – 16.30 AET, QUT Kelvin Grove Campus. (Registration details $35)
AWP25 Webinars “Achieving Change in Research” 6^th April 2023 12 pm PDT (Commences 5.00am AEDT 7^th April 2023) (UBC)
International Society for Anthrozoology 2023 Conference, June 15^th – 18^th, Edinburgh, UK (Details TBA)
UFAW Animal Welfare Conference, 20^th – 21^st June 2023 – Online (Details TBA)
International Society for Applied Ethology, Congress. 1^st – 5^th August, 2023, Tallinn, Estonia (ISAE)
Behaviour 2023.14^th – 20^th August 2023, Univ Bielefeld, Germany. (Behaviour2023)

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