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News 19 May - 1 June 2022

Cross-sectoral

MPI working with Southern farmers to manage winter grazing challenges (MPI NZ O/S)
World Animal Protection Joins SAFE’s Call For A Commissioner For Animals In Aotearoa (Scoop O/S)
Experts call on governments to start including animal welfare in sustainable development governance (CABI O/S)
Meta‐analysis and systematic literature review of climate change effects on livestock welfare (EFSA O/S)

Cattle in beef & dairy production

The meat and dairy farmers who are going vegan (BBC O/S)
Animal activists “sprayed with manure” at UK beef expo (Beef Central)

Pigs in pork production

Interview with Mike Mendl: Integrating computer vision with pig welfare (Pig Progress O/S)
The time has come to stop castrating piglets overseas (Pig Progress O/S)
Necrosis and long tails do not go well together (Pig Progress O/S)
Drawbacks of proposed pig welfare changes (Otago Times O/S)
Carl Icahn gets only 1 percent of McDonald’s investors to support his campaign on pigs. (NYT O/S)

Poultry in meat & egg production

Huge changes for NZ's largest egg business as it moves to free-range (NZ Herald O/S)
Sensors reveal effects of perch design on keel fractures (Watt Poultry O/S)
Poultry violations at US slaughterhouses (Poultry World O/S)
Decoding the labels in the supermarket egg case (Univ Georgia O/S)
Novel approach to reduce cold stress in layers (Poultry World O/S)
Data shows most companies are meeting cage-free pledges (Watt Poultry O/S)
Asia-wide protests against McDonald’s use of cage eggs (Poultry World O/S)

Sheep in meat & wool production

Breech ring method lacks industry research support (Sheep Central O/S)
Shear desperation: low price of wool pushes UK farmers to opt for moulting sheep (The Guardian O/S)

Animals in transit & at slaughter

What will happen to the $136 million live sheep industry now Labor has won the federal election? (ABC)
Industry to lobby on live sheep exports and visa access (Sheep Central)

Animals in aquaculture and wild caught

Millions Of Salmon Are Suffering And Dying Every Year In Aotearoa's Salmon Farms (Scoop O/S)
Kangaroo trade in the balance as international buyers receive mixed messages (ABC)

Animals in research & teaching

She experimented on primates for decades. Now she wants to shut down the labs (The Guardian O/S)
Study gives animal testing alternatives a confidence boost (Phys.org O/S)
Hundreds of beagles died at facility before government took action (National Geographic O/S)

Animals in racing, sports & work

Australian Greyhounds Are Still Brutally Neglected By Their Trainers, Advocates Say (Vice)
Equine Industry and Animal Welfare Organizations Announce Collaborative Effort to Ban Horse Slaughter (Thoroughbred Daily News O/S)
Greyhound racing opponents raise concerns about deaths, injuries at Ipswich track and plans for new facility (ABC)
Three greyhounds euthanised within eight days after racing on West Australian tracks (ABC)
Greyhound race video edited after another dog dies following 'catastrophic' injury (Stuff NZ O/S)
Huge Win For Greyhounds in Iowa As State’s Last Racetrack Officially Closes! (One Green Planet O/S)

Animals in zoos, aquaria & the wild

England’s action to ban glue traps is a stirring victory for animal protection (HSUS O/S)
Court to decide whether Happy the elephant deserves basic human rights (ABC17 News O/S)
Is There Such a Thing as Ethical Animal Tourism? (AFAR O/S)

Pets & companion animals

PPGA commends proposed QLD ban of prong collars (Vet Practice Mag)
Pug health so poor it 'can't be considered a typical dog' – study (BBC O/S)
RSPCA UK warns cost of living crisis could lead to record high cases of cat abandonment and abuse (MyLondon O/S)

Podcasts & presentations

Global Food Partners: Perspectives of Egg Production in Asia (GFP)
A Taste of Whale - Official Trailer (IGN O/S)
Animal welfare activists protest ruling on video of factory farm break-in (Fox 13 O/S)
Looking after cows on Irish dairy farms (Teagasc O/S)

Policy

Gene-editing bill 'a serious setback' for animal welfare, RSPCA UK warns (Farming UK O/S)
How to protect companion animals in the EU (Brussels Times O/S)
Mainstreaming animal welfare in sustainable development (Stockholm Environment Institute O/S)
NYC Foie Gras Ban Would Be Financially Devastating, Farms Say in Lawsuit (NBC O/S)
Scotland could become "world leader" in animal welfare (TFN O/S)
May 2022: Animal Law Animal Law Updates That Improved the World for Animals this Month (One Green Planet O/S)

Other/Publications

Dogs Are Not Actually Fully Colorblind (Psychology Today O/S)
Do Invertebrates Have Emotions? (The Scientist O/S)
Income should not be a barrier to making ethical food choices (Food Dive O/S)
Most Publications Show Clear Bias When Reporting on Animals (Sentient Media O/S)
The case for speaking politely to animals (Phys.org O/S)
The Complex Ways Humans Empathize With Other Animals (Discover O/S)
Welfare and environmental impact of organic pig production (Research Institute of Organic Agriculture O/S)
Doyle Rebecca E., Campbell Angus J. D., Dione Michel, Woodruff Madeleine, Munoz Carolina, Alemayehu Gezahegn, Berhe Tsega, Knight-Jones Theo (2022) The role of animal welfare in improving the future of farming. Animal Production Science. https://doi.org/10.1071/AN21562
Elodie F. Briefer et al, Classification of pig calls produced from birth to slaughter according to their emotional valence and context of production, Scientific Reports (2022). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-07174-8
Jardine, A., Bromberg, M., & Cardaci, N. (2022). No More Fighting Like Cats and Dogs: it's Time for a New Pet Custody Model in Australia. Canberra Law Review, 19(1), 86-109. https://www.canberra.edu.au/about-uc/faculties/busgovlaw/school-of-law/the-canberra-law-review
Morgado, JN, Santeramo, F, Lamonaca, E, Ciliberti, MG and Caroprese, M, 2022. Meta-analysis and systematic literature review of climate change effects on livestock welfare. EFSA Journal 2022; 20( S1):e200413, 11 pp. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2022.e200413
Tuyttens Frank A. M., Molento Carla F. M., Benaissa Said. Twelve Threats of Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) for Animal Welfare. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 9, 2022. https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fvets.2022.889623

Conferences, Seminars & Events

Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour – Workshop On Ethics Of Animal Behaviour And Welfare Research, online 21-22 June, UK daytime (ASAB)
Canine Welfare Science Forum 24 – 25 June (Purdue University, US)
UFAW International Conference, Edinburgh UK June 28-29 (Details)
HSA International Conference – Livestock Welfare during Transport, Marketing & Slaughter. 30 June – 1 July 2022. Edinburgh UK. (Details)
Australian Association of Animal Sciences Conference. 5 – 7 July 2022. (AAAS2022)
2022 ANZCCART Conference, 26th to 28th July, Melbourne, Victoria. (ANZCCART)
European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming & International Conference on Precision Dairy Farming, 29 Aug-2 Sept University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna (Vetmeduni)
The 55th Congress of the International Society of Applied Ethology, 4 – 8 Sept 2022. N Macedonia. (ISAE)
77th WAZA Annual Conference, 23 – 27 October, Tenerife. (Details)

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