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| Title |
Author |
Citation | Summary |
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| European Union Legislation on the Welfare of Farm Animals | Peter Stevenson | Compassion in World Farming |
European Union (EU) law contains a range of helpful provisions designed to protect farm animals on-farm, during transport and at slaughter. The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union recognises animals as “sentient beings” and requires the EU and its Member States, when formulating and implementing their policies in certain key areas to pay “full regard to the welfare requirements of animals”. EU law has prohibited some of the worst aspects of industrial livestock production: veal crates have been prohibited from 2007, barren battery cages for egg-laying hens from 2012 and sow stalls (gestation crates) are prohibited (except during the first four weeks of pregnancy) from 2013. This article describes and evaluates the above legislation and indicates the scientific research on which it is based. Nonetheless, EU law has to date only gone part way; substantial and far-reaching fresh legislation is needed before the EU can claim to have a body of law which properly ends the suffering inherent in industrial farming and legislates for a positive state of well-being for farm animals. |
| Review of animal welfare legislation in the beef, pork, and poultry industries | Peter Stevenson, Daniela Battaglia, Carmen Bullon, Arianna Carita | Stevenson, Peter et al. (2014). Review of animal welfare legislation in the beef, pork, and poultry industries. Food and Agriculture Organization United Nations. | This study aims to give an overview of the legal framework that applies to animal welfare in the EU and a group of non-EU countries. It focuses specifcally on beef cattle, pigs, broilers (the chickens reared for meat) and egg-laying hens while they are on the farm, in transit and at slaughter. Animal welfare standards of four international organizations, as well as a number of private standards established by major food businesses and animal welfare organizations are also analyzed. |
| Detailed Discussion of Iowa Hog Farming Practices | Leana Stormont | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
This paper focuses on the practice of confinement farming of hogs, specifically examining those practices from the state of Iowa. In doing so, the paper outlines the problems associated with confinement farming of hogs, including manure storage, cruel practices, and zoning issues among others. It then concludes with a look at sustainable agriculture practices from the U.S. and Europe. |
| Overview of Hog Farming in Iowa | Leana E. Stormont | Animal Legal and Historical Center |
This article describes the decline of family hog farming in Iowa and how farming has transitioned to an industrial model of swine production. |
| Biological Information, Terminology and Hog Production Phases | Leana E. Stormont | Animal Legal and Historical Center |
The article contains general biological information about hogs, farming production phases and commonly used terminology. |
| EMPOWERING MARKET REGULATION OF AGRICULTURAL ANIMAL WELFARE THROUGH PRODUCT LABELING | Sean P. Sullivan | 19 Animal L. 391 (2013) | In many Western nations, rising public concern about the welfare of agricultural animals is reflected in the adoption of direct regulatory standards governing the treatment of these animals. The United States has taken a different path, tending to rely on a “market-regulation” approach whereby consumers express their desire for specific welfare practices through their purchasing decisions. This Article explores the failure of market regulation and the welfare-preference paradox posed by consumers who express a strong preference for improved animal welfare in theory, but who simultaneously fail to demand heightened welfare standards in practice. It argues that market regulation is failing in this country because current animal-welfare labeling does not clearly or credibly disclose to consumers the actual treatment of agricultural animals. As a corollary, effective market regulation of agricultural animal welfare could be empowered simply by improving current animal-welfare labeling practices. |
| Detailed Discussion of International Comparative Animal Cruelty Laws | Paige M. Tomaselli | Animal Legal and Historical Center |
A detailed analysis of the differences and similarities between US, European Union, Swiss, Norwegian and German animal cruelty laws. The theories behind these differences are explored. Finally, possible and definite future reforms shed light on upcoming animal cruelty law. |
| Overview of International Comparative Animal Cruelty Laws | Paige M. Tomaselli | Animal Legal and Historical Center |
Overview of the comparison between US animal cruelty laws and those in Europe. Specifically, laws of the US, EU, Germany, Norway and Switzerland are addressed. The comparison is based around companion animal and confinement farming laws, transportation and slaughter. |
| Detailed Discussion of Bears Used in Traditional Chinese Medicine | Laura E. Tsai | Animal Legal and Historical Center |
Discussion of the issue of bear farming and the international trade in bear bile. Analysis of the laws regulating farming and trade. Discusses how the issue presents a problem and proposes solutions. |
| Overview of Bear Farming and the Trade in Bear Bile | Laura E. Tsai | Animal Legal and Historical Center |
College-level overview of the practice of bear farming in Asian nations, as well as the international trade in bear bile. Discussion of the laws regulating hunting and trade. |