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.
‘We love foie gras’: French outrage at UK plan to ban imports of ‘cruel’ delicacy (Guardian O/S)
Why the US egg industry is still killing 300 million chicks a year (VOX O/S)
Payments by results scheme for animal welfare measures (Poultry World O/S)
Morrisons targeted by Animal Equality over ‘misleading’ chicken range (The Grocer O/S)
Sheep in meat & wool production
World First Sheep Sustainability Framework Launched (The Sheep Site)
Animals in transit & at slaughter
‘Let’s not beat about the bush’: Time to provide shade at livestock exchange (ABC)
Up to $10 million available for innovative live export health solutions (Sheep Central)
New Zealand to stop exporting livestock by sea (Guardian O/S)
Australian live cattle exports will lift with NZ banning live trade, industry analyst (ABC)
Are Australia’s animal welfare standards enough to save live-ex? (Farm Online)
Tech could end live export monitors: RSPCA (Yahoo News)
Animals in aquaculture
Farmed fish suffer pain and stress, says report that criticises welfare failings (Guardian O/S) and “Animal welfare risks of global aquaculture”, By Becca Franks, Christopher Ewell, Jennifer Jacquet. Science Advances 02 APR 2021 : EABG0677.
Can fish feel pain? The jury is still out – a response to above article (Guardian O/S)
‘Tiger King’ stars’ legal woes could transform cub-petting industry (National Geographic O/S)
Pets & companion animals
Horse cruelty: ‘More powers needed’ to tackle issue (BBC O/S)
Can our passion for pets help reset our relationship with nature? (Guardian O/S)
Podcasts & presentations
Symposium “Farm animal cognition and its implementation into animal husbandry and management”. Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology. Presentations from the March Symposium can be found HERE
Top Producer Summit: The State of Animal Agriculture, Temple Grandin and Frank Mitloehner. (AgWeb O/s)
Proposition 12: now what? – Dr. Hyatt Frobose (The Pig Site O/S)
Consumer Insights: Trust in farming and the environment 2020 (ADHB UK O/S)
We love animals — so why do we treat them so badly? (Financial Times O/S)
Welfare Pulse, Animal Welfare in NZ and around the world (MPI NZ)
Animal Studies Journal provides a forum for current research in human-animal Studies. ASJ publishes international cross-disciplinary scholarship and practice-led research. The journal, which is published twice yearly, is fully refereed (double-blind peer reviewed) and open access. (https://ro.uow.edu.au/asj/ )
Fadul-Pacheco, L.; Liou, M.; Reinemann, D.J.; Cabrera, V.E. A Preliminary Investigation of Social Network Analysis Applied to Dairy Cow Behavior in Automatic Milking System Environments. Animals 2021, 11, 1229. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11051229
Rooney, H.B.; Schmitt, O.; Courty, A.; Lawlor, P.G.; O’Driscoll, K. Like Mother Like Child: Do Fearful Sows Have Fearful Piglets? Animals 2021, 11, 1232. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11051232
Tschoner, T. Methods for Pain Assessment in Calves and Their Use for the Evaluation of Pain during Different Procedures—A Review. Animals 2021, 11, 1235. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11051235
DIARY HOLD – Animal Welfare Horizons 2021, Brisbane, December 1st(TAWC)
DIARY HOLD – The National Primary Industries Animal Welfare Strategy 11th Annual Forum, Brisbane. December 2nd – Further details to be announced. Express interest on NAWRDES Webpage
National Livestock Wellbeing Seminars. Genetics of pain and wellbeing. 11 May 1.00pm. AEST details – (Univ Adelaide)
South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), ANZLAA and Tecniplast Australia 2021 Animal Welfare Symposium. 13 May. Adelaide and ZOOM (Techniplast)
Center for Animal Welfare Science’s virtual symposium to discuss lessons learned from COVID-19. 19-20 May. Registrations at Purdue University, US.
Universities Federation for Animal Welfare. Recent advances in animal welfare science VIII. 29-30 June. (UFAW)
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