11 Nov 12 Nov 2020
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A selection of relevant animal welfare news from around the world
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News 1-12 November 2020
Cross-sectoral
- Why are animals mistreated? (Rural News O/S)
- Other major countries have animal protection laws. Why not China? (South China Morning Post O/S)
- The Need for Ethical Consistency in Animal Advocacy (Sentient Media O/S)
- Research to use artificial intelligence to identify sick livestock (Univ Bristol O/S)
- Ceres Tag adds behavior, pasture feed intake monitoring (Feedstuffs)
- Tyson workers to replace some federal inspectors at US beef plant, with pork and poultry companies following suit (The Pig Site O/S)
- The UK’s first fully-vegan butcher is about to open, selling meat-free pastrami, ‘lobstah’ salad, and soya burgers. Take a look inside. (Business Insider)
- Virtual reality to help teach farm animal welfare (Feedstuffs O/S)
Dairy
Pork
Poultry
- Natura Primus aviary (The Poultry Site O/S)
- UK will not import chlorinated chicken from US, ministers say (Guardian O/S)
- 5 ways to fight back against animal activist groups (Watt Poultry O/S)
- Broilers keep track of own activity (Uni Wageningen O/S)
- Plant-Based Start-up Daring ‘Challenges Chicken’ After $8 Million Raise (Forbes O/S)
- Drive to be cage-free but 2025 commitment looms nearer (Poultry World O/S)
Red Meat
- Low stress stock handling in the Nuffield spotlight (Farm Weekly):
- Numnuts win confirms retailer support for lamb pain relief (SheepCentral)
- Peak bodies unite on sheep ‘fit to load’ requirements (SheepCentral)
- The Australian Lot Feeders’ Association has announced an initiative that encourages all Australian feedlots to make a pledge to provide cattle under their care with access to shade (ALFA)
- Cattle deaths prosecution options running out as minister flags animal welfare legislation overhaul (ABC)
- ‘In the sun they’d cook’: is the US south-west getting too hot for farm animals? (Guardian O/S)
Wool
Transport & abattoir
- EFSA has published an assessment of the welfare of cattle at slaughter (EFSA O/S)
- Exclusive: livestock ships twice as likely to be lost as cargo vessels (Guardian)
- 2020 Young Livestock Exporter Achiever of the Year (BeefCentral)
- Live exporters land six-month ‘audition period’ days out from ‘enormous change’ to industry rules (ABC)
Aquaculture
- Draft released – Canada’s first farmed salmonids ‘Code of Practice (Food Canada O/S)
- The Continued Fight over Farming the Oceans (Civil Eats O/S)
Research & teaching
- ARRP Fact Sheet 1: Environmental enrichment for pigs. The Animal Research Review Panel has developed a fact sheet to support the provision of environmental enrichment for pigs used for research and teaching (ARRP)
- California Teen Develops ‘Monkey Fright’ Video Game for PETA (PETA O/S)
- An end to animal testing: How animal-friendly affinity-reagents are transforming research (Select Science O/S)
- Of mice and men: Could COVID spell the end of animal testing? (Corporate Knights O/S)
Racing & sports
- Melbourne Cup fancy Anthony Van Dyck euthanased after breaking down mid-race (ABC)
- Jockeys get no benefit from using a whip in horse racing, landmark study finds (Guardian)
- Racing confronts its grim reality (SMH)
- PETA buys small stake into ownership of multiple Ohio horse tracks, including Thistledown (Cleveland.com O/S)
Zoos, aquariums & wildlife
- Trump Administration Strips Protections from Gray Wolves (Animal Welfare Institute O/S)
- Researchers See Signs of Chronic Stress in Polar Bears’ Blood (Hakai Magazine (O/S)
- Costco drops Chaokoh coconut milk over allegations of forced monkey labor, PETA says (USA Today O/S)
- Zoo Veterinarians Care for Animals and for the Planet (Psychology Today O/S)
- Pangolin patrol: Volunteer team rescues endangered animals (Independent O/S)
Pets & companion animals
- South Korea starts to close dog meat farms as attitudes change (Independent O/S)
- Is there a puppy heaven? Owners think so, headstones in pet cemeteries show (LiveScience O/S)
Other/Publications
- Earwax test could reveal stress levels (BBC O/S)
- Veit, W., Browning, H. Perspectival pluralism for animal welfare. Euro Jnl Phil Sci 11, 9 (2021)
- The Interconnectedness Of Human, Animal And Environmental Health (UniMelb)
- The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies wins 2020 Global Animal Welfare Award (Zenopa O/S) and YouTube
- Paul McGreevy wins Global Animal Welfare Award (USyd)
- Thompson, K.; McManus, P.; Stansall, D.; Wilson, B.J.; McGreevy, P.D. Is Whip Use Important to Thoroughbred Racing Integrity? What Stewards’ Reports Reveal about Fairness to Punters, Jockeys and Horses. Animals 2020, 10, 1985
- Veit, W., Browning, H. Perspectival pluralism for animal welfare. Euro Jnl Phil Sci 11, 9, 2021
- Tiemann, I.; Hillemacher, S.; Wittmann, M. Are Dual-Purpose Chickens Twice as Good? Measuring Performance and Animal Welfare throughout the Fattening Period. Animals 2020, 10, 1980
- Rault J-L., Waiblinger, S. Boivin, X. and Hemsworth, P.H. (2020) The power of a positive human–animal relationship for animal welfare. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 7:590867
- Does training method matter? Evidence for the negative impact of aversive-based methods on companion dog welfare. Ana Catarina Vieira de Castro, Danielle Fuchs, Stefania Pastur, Liliana de Sousa, I Anna S Olsson. bioRxiv 823427 (pre-print)
Podcasts/Presentations
- RawAg Podcast – David Beggs – Animal Welfare (Te Mania Angus)
- Niman Ranch Keynote Featuring Dr. Temple Grandin (Niman Ranch O/S)
Policy
- A new animal welfare Act for Victoria. The Victorian Government is seeking feedback on proposals for a new animal welfare Act. (VicGov)
- Denmark to cull its entire mink population over coronavirus mutation fears (CNN O/S)
- EU food origin labels should be placed on the cards, stakeholders say (EurActiv O/S)
- Empathy For Animals In Short Supply: We Need A Minister For Animal Welfare (ScoopNZ O/S)
- NSW Agriculture Minister pushes for ‘eight-fold’ increase in penalties for animal cruelty offences as COVID-19 sees surge in ‘unscrupulous’ breeders (ABC)
Conferences, Seminars & Events
- 2nd Symposium on Welfare in Aquaculture – Operational Welfare Indicators for farmed Fish | Thursday 26 November 2020, free webinar (Swansea Univ O/S)
- The 1st International Electronic Conference on Animals—Global Sustainability and Animals: Science, Ethics and Policy 05/12/2020 – 20/12/2020 (IECA 2020 O/S)
- Fundamentals of Animal Emotion, Online PhD course 2021. (International Society for Applied Ethology and Wageningen University O/S)