The Animal Welfare Collaborative

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Marine animals and their welfare

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Professor Culum Brown,
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Fish cognition: Implication for welfare

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.

O/S = Overseas source

News 24 March - 6 April 2022

Cross-sectoral

US approaches to animal welfare: the reality (New Food O/S)
Carl Icahn is expanding his animal-welfare campaign to Kroger, after first targeting McDonald’s (CNBC O/S)
Meat definitions inquiry – where to next? (Sheep Central)

Cattle in beef & dairy production

Dairy industry ends routine calf induction (Farm Online)
Cows Have Always Been Our Companions. Here's Why That's Key to a Sustainable Future. (Global Citizen O/S)
Genetically modified cattle may be sold for food in U.S. (AVMA O/S)
MILKED The Documentary Is Finally Here, And The Dairy Industry Might Not Like It (Plant Based News O/S)

Pigs in pork production

SRUC to examine breeding for social competence on animal welfare (National Hog Farmer O/S)
Swine language: scientists decode pig emotions from their sounds (The Guardian O/S)

Poultry in meat & egg production

Food Businesses make progress towards the Better Chicken Commitment, latest ChickenTrack Report reveals (Global Newswire O/S)
The end of free-range eggs? Year-round bird flu outbreaks may keep hens inside (The Guardian O/S)
Advice on managing welfare issues in multi-tier layer systems (Farmers Weekly O/S)
We love our eggs, but price cracks emerge in affair with free range (Farmonline)
PETA continues to mislabel Vital Farms on welfare claims (WATT Poultry O/S)
Tyson specialists raise animal welfare culture awareness (Watt Poultry O/S)
Cal-Maine Foods investing $82m on cage-free production (Feedstuffs O/S)

Sheep in meat & wool production

Sensors detect ryegrass staggers in sheep (Sheep Central)

Animals in transit & at slaughter

Live Export, Virtual Tour (LiveCorp)
Live export betrayal will harm animals (The National Tribune)
Community sentiment toward live exports lifts: Survey (Beef Central)
Market and climate adaptions still need to take into account local sensitivities about animal welfare issues where outdated 'facts' still reside in shoppers minds (Interest.co.nz O/S)
Ban on shipping live exports in summer months set to be relaxed (SMH)

Animals in aquaculture and wild caught

Introducing an animal welfare-based approach for commercial fishing to achieve true sustainable fisheries (Eco-Business O/S)
Circular aquaculture: a fresh approach to farming (The Fish Site O/S)
Octopus farms raise huge animal welfare concerns - and they’re unsustainable too (The Conversation O/S)
New Legislation To Recognize That Octopuses and Crabs Have Emotions (Tech Networks O/S)
Fish waste become octopus food as farms expand amid captivity concerns (Reuters O/S)

Animals in research & teaching

Using animals for scientific research is still indispensable for society as we know it (The Conversation O/S)

Animals in racing, sports & work

Greyhound racing ban reaches parliament debate (Daily Express O/S)
Bullfighting still benefits from millions of euros a year in EU farming subsidies (The Guardian O/S)

Animals in zoos, aquaria & the wild

Ukraine’s zoos: what is happening to all the animals (The Conversation O/S)
Brumby reserve mooted as solution to Kosciuszko National Park's wild horse problem (ABC)
'Wild dogs' in controversial photograph taken in outback Queensland identified as 'pure' dingoes (ABC)
USA Registration of Charity Increases Potential for Animal Welfare Improvements (Wild Welfare O/S)

Pets & companion animals

Science Can Help Dogs Enjoy Their Best Life, (AWSC University of Melbourne)
There's Been A Huge Uptick In People Surrendering ‘Pandemic Puppies’ To Aussie Shelters (Ladbible)
Can a stabled horse truly be happy? Experts discuss the issue (Horse and Hound O/S)
Canadian province wants to ban declawing, multiple other non-essential procedures for animals (Fox17 O/S)

Podcasts & presentations

A Dog's World with Tony Armstrong (ABC)
Livestock losses mount in northern NSW flood disaster (ABC)

Policy

Supreme Court agrees to hear pork producers’ challenge to California animal anti-cruelty law (LA Times O/S)
Tory row as law barring import of hunting trophies set to be axed (The Guardian O/S)

Other/Publications

RSPCA Animal Welfare Science Update (RSPCA)
2022 Harvard Law School Animal Law Week (Harvard Univ O/S)
Animal welfare in wartime (Vox O/S)
New Book – “Through A Vet's Eyes - How We Can All Choose a Better Life for Animals” Sean Wensley. https://www.octopusbooks.co.uk/titles/sean-wensley/through-a-vet%e2%80%99s-eyes/9781856754743/
March 2022: Animal Law Updates that Improved the World for Animals this Month (One Green Planet O/S)
2022 Harvard Law School Animal Law Week (Harvard Univ O/S)
Do insects, octopus and other invertebrates feel emotions? Evidence is building that they can (ABC)
Gene editing could upend the future of factory farming — for better or worse (Vox O/S)
Pet Loss, Animal Spirituality, Earth Ethics, and Celebration (Psychology Today O/S)
Researchers Identify New Pathway to Fear in the Brain (Tech Networks O/S)
Sarah Baert, Lydiane Aubé, Derek B. Haley, Renée Bergeron, Nicolas Devillers. To wallow or nurse: Sows housed outdoors have distinctive approaches to thermoregulation in gestation and lactation. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, Volume 248, 2022, 105575. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168159122000338
Broom, D. Concepts and Interrelationships of Awareness, Consciousness, Sentience, and Welfare. Journal of Consciousness Studies, Volume 29, Numbers 3-4, March 2022, pp. 129-149(21). https://doi.org/10.53765/20512201.29.3.129
Browning, H. The Measurability of Subjective Animal Welfare. Journal of Consciousness Studies, Volume 29, Numbers 3-4, March 2022, pp. 150-179(30). https://doi.org/10.53765/20512201.29.3.150
M.L Cobb, A. Carter, A. Lill, P.C. Bennett. Perceived importance of specific kennel management practices for the provision of canine welfare. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, Volume 249, 2022, 105591. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168159122000491
Victoria Kranz, Kristina Horback, Thomas D. Parsons, Meghann K Pierdon. Sow Behavior During Introduction to a Large Dynamic Group is Influenced by Familiarity and Method. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 2022, 105624. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016815912200082X
Roadknight, N., Jongman, E., Mansell, P., Courtman, N., McGill, D., Hepworth, G. and Fisher, A., Prevalence of failure of passive immunity transfer in Australian non-replacement dairy calves. Aust Vet J. 2022; 1– 4. https://doi.org/10.1111/avj.13160
J. Schenkenfelder, C. Winckler. To meet or not to meet welfare outcome thresholds: a case-control study in dairy cow herds. Animal, Volume 16, Issue 3, 2022, 100461. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.animal.2022.100461

Chenyu Zhang, Darren T. Juniper, Rebecca K. Meagher. Effects of physical enrichment and pair housing before weaning on growth, behaviour and cognitive ability of calves after weaning and regrouping. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, Volume 249, 2022, 105606. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168159122000648

Conferences, Seminars & Events

Understanding whale hearing to protect them from ocean noise. Dr Dorian Houser. April 8 5.00am AET. (Register)
The International Forum for the Aftercare of Racehorses (IFAR) sixth conference Webinar #2 – 19 April 8.00pm AEST (IFAR)
2nd Australian Biosecurity Symposium, Gold Coast, 3 – 5 May 2022. (Registration)
Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour – Workshop On Ethics Of Animal Behaviour And Welfare Research, online 21-22 June, UK daytime (ASAB)
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)

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