A selection of animal welfare news from around the world
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Please note that the articles below do not reflect opinions of TAWC. Although we aim to provide comprehensive coverage, there are likely articles that we’ve missed.
UK poultry producers helping to end greenwashing (Watt Poultry O/S)
Robotics can streamline breeder, cage-free layer management (Watt Poultry O/S)
3 innovations that could fix poultry welfare challenges (Watt Poultry O/S)
Taiwan mandates conventional cage systems label on eggs (Poultry World O/S)
Sheep in meat & wool production
Italian and Australian wool trades unite on sheep welfare (Sheep Central)
New AWI flystrike spend welcomed by HSI and RSPCA (Sheep Central)
Animals in transit & at slaughter
On the kill floor: Shocking Indonesian footage sparks new live exports probe (SMH)
AVMA Urged to Revise Guidelines to Prevent Mass Killing of Farm Animals by Heat Stroke (Animal Welfare Institute O/S)
‘Babe’ Star James Cromwell Speaks Out Against Sending Irish Pigs to China (Peta O/S)
Animals in aquaculture
Canadian fish farmers get a code of practice (Sea West News O/S)
Animals in research & teaching
Qualitative social science and the "Culture of Care" in animal research - Dr. Beth Greenhough, Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare (Uni Guelph)
Animals in racing, sports & work
Is the Melbourne Cup still the race that stops the nation – or are we saying #nuptothecup? (The Conversation)
Melbourne Cup 2021: is a new welfare campaign just good PR or will it protect horses? (The Guardian)
Melbourne Cup: the race that … warrants some uncomfortable ethical arithmetic (The Guardian)
Brouwers, S., & Duchateau, M. J. (2021). Feasibility and validity of the Animal Welfare Assessment Grid to monitor the welfare of zoo-housed gorillas Gorilla gorilla gorilla. Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research, 9(4), 208–217. https://doi.org/10.19227/jzar.v9i4.607
Clegg, I. L. (2021). What Does the Future Hold for the Public Display of Cetaceans?, Journal of Applied Animal Ethics Research (published online ahead of print 2021). doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/25889567-bja10023
Glanville Carmen, Ford Jennifer, Cook Rebecca, Coleman Grahame J. Community Attitudes Reflect Reporting Rates and Prevalence of Animal Mistreatment. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 8, 2021, 1140. https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fvets.2021.666727
Gradidge, S., Zawisza, M., Harvey, A. J., & McDermott, D. T. (2021). A Structured Literature Review of the Meat Paradox. Social Psychological Bulletin, 16(3), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.32872/spb.5953
Kalies, A.; Baumgartner, J.; Beyerbach, M.; Stanojlovic, M.; Scholz, T.; Richter, F.; von Altrock, A.; Hennig-Pauka, I. Interactive Rooting Towers and Behavioural Observations as Strategies to Reduce Tail Biting on Conventional Pig Fattening Farms. Animals 2021, 11, 3025. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11113025
K. L. Krugmann, F.J. Mieloch, J. Krieter & I. Czycholl (2021) Can Tail and Ear Postures Be Suitable to Capture the Affective State of Growing Pigs?, Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, 24:4, 411-423, https://doi.org/10.1080/10888705.2020.1846535
Learmonth, M. J., Chiew, S. J., Godinez, A., & Fernandez, E. J. (2021). Animal-visitor interactions and the visitor experience: Visitor behaviors, attitudes, perceptions, and learning in the modern zoo. Animal Behavior and Cognition, 8(4), 632-649. https://www.animalbehaviorandcognition.org/article.php?id=1296’
MacLellan, A., Fureix, C., Polanco, A., & Mason, G. (2021). Can animals develop depression? An overview and assessment of ‘depression-like’ states, Behaviour (published online ahead of print 2021). doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-bja10132
Monreal-Pawlowsky, T., Vaicekauskaitė , R., Palencia Membrive, G., Delfour, F., & Manteca, X. (2021). Goal-oriented behavioural and environmental enrichment in aquarium species. Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research, 9(4), 273–280. https://doi.org/10.19227/jzar.v9i4.588
Nielsen, S.S.; Houe, H.; Denwood, M.; Nielsen, L.R.; Forkman, B.; Otten, N.D.; Agger, J.F. Application of Methods to Assess Animal Welfare and Suffering Caused by Infectious Diseases in Cattle and Swine Populations. Animals 2021, 11, 3017. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11113017
Pollock, D.S.; Janz, D.M.; Moya, D.; Seddon, Y.M. Effects of Wash Protocol and Contamination Level on Concentrations of Cortisol and Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) in Swine Hair. Animals 2021, 11, 3104. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11113104
Ramont, M., Leahy, M., & Cronin, K. A. (2021). The welfare of domestic goats (Capra hircus) in a zoo-based animal-visitor interaction program. Animal Behavior and Cognition, 8(4), 493-506. https://www.animalbehaviorandcognition.org/article.php?id=1287
Gabriela de A. P. Ramos, Cristiano S. de Azevedo, Talys H. A. Jardim & Aline C. Sant’Anna (2021) Temperament in Captivity, Environmental Enrichment, Flight Ability, and Response to Humans in an Endangered Parrot Species, Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, 24:4, 379-391, https://doi.org/10.1080/10888705.2020.1765367
Razal, C., & Miller, L. (2021). The effect of different types of environmental enrichment on Humboldt penguin Spheniscus humboldti behaviour. Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research, 9(4), 281–286. https://doi.org/10.19227/jzar.v9i4.411
Schwarzer, A.; Plattner, C.; Bergmann, S.; Rauch, E.; Erhard, M.; Reese, S.; Louton, H. Feather Pecking in Non-Beak-Trimmed and Beak-Trimmed Laying Hens on Commercial Farms with Aviaries. Animals 2021, 11, 3085. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11113085
Whittaker, A.L.; Golder-Dewar, B.; Triggs, J.L.; Sherwen, S.L.; McLelland, D.J. Identification of Animal-Based Welfare Indicators in Captive Reptiles: A Delphi Consultation Survey. Animals 2021, 11, 2010. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11072010
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