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Including animal welfare targets in the SDGs: the case of animal farming
There is an increasing body of literature proposing to include animal welfare in the United Nations Sustainable Development Agenda. The main argument...
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Positive Wild Animal Welfare
With increasing attention given to wild animal welfare and ethics, it has become common to depict animals in the wild as existing in a state...
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Assessing measures of animal welfare
There are many decision contexts in which we require accurate information on animal welfare, in ethics, management, and policy. Unfortunately, many...
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Animal health and welfare as a public good: what do the public think?
This paper presents a novel perspective on an evolving policy area. The UK’s withdrawal from the EU has led to the creation of a new Agriculture Act...
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From Blind Spot to Crucial Concept: On the Role of Animal Welfare in Food System Changes towards Circular Agriculture
Agriculture in Western Europe has become efficient and productive but at a cost. The quality of biodiversity, soil, air, and water has been...
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Evaluating Longevity as a Farm Animal Welfare Indicator
In assessing the welfare of dairy cows and laying hens, longevity has recently been introduced as an indicator. This paper presents recent attempts...
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Entertaining Commodities or Living Beings? Public Perception of Animal Welfare at Local Festivals in South Korea
Many festivals use animals in the name of continuing traditions and religious acts of historical and cultural relevance, as well as for tourist...
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The role of ethical reflection and dialogue in conceptualising animal welfare
This paper argues that ethical reflection and dialogue can assist in understanding what animal welfare is. Questions about animal welfare’s nature...
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The Political Salience of Animal Protection in the Netherlands (2012–2021) and Belgium (2010–2019): What do Dutch and Belgian Political Parties Pledge on Animal Welfare and Wildlife Conservation?
The Netherlands and Belgium are European Union (EU) states with a shared border and cultural similarities. Article 13 of the EU Treaty of Lisbon...
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Subjective Beliefs About Farm Animal Welfare Labels and Milk Anticonsumption
Food labels serve important informational and signaling purposes however, the subjective beliefs (halos) associated with ethical labels such as farm...
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Rethinking core affect: the role of dominance in animal behaviour and welfare research
This paper critically examines the philosophical underpinnings of current experimental investigation into animal affect-related decision-making....
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The Botho Perspective on Human and Animal Welfare
This paper is an exploration of the intersection between animals, tourists, and host communities. While the conservation of animals serves the dual...
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Gene Editing Cattle for Enhancing Heat Tolerance: A Welfare Review of the “PRLR-SLICK Cattle” Case
In March 2022 the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a risk assessment of a recent animal gene editing proposal submitted by Acceligen™....
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Governance and Standardization in Fish Value Chains: Do They Take Care of Key Animal Welfare Issues?
This article discusses the extent to which Global Value Chain (GVC) governance may lead to animal welfare (AW) improvement and help to alleviate...
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Welfare comparisons within and across species
One of the biggest problems in applications of animal welfare science is our ability to make comparisons between different individuals, both within...
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Perspectival pluralism for animal welfare
Animal welfare has a long history of disregard. While in recent decades the study of animal welfare has become a scientific discipline of its own,...
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Regulation of Animal Research
The use of animals in several areas dates back to recorded and written history. Much of our knowledge in science, medicine, and our understanding of...
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Accounting for Animal Welfare: Addressing Epistemic Vices During Live Sheep Export Voyages
In this research, we develop a reporting framework based on an ethical account of the Australian live sheep export (LSE) industry’s current...
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Animal Welfare (See Animal Ethics; Animal Research; Animal Rights)
Animal welfare refers to the quality of life of animals that humans relate to and have moral obligations. The state of an animal’s welfare indicates...
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Animal Research (See Animal Ethics; Animal Welfare; Animal Cloning)
The use of animals in scientific research appears to be almost as old as the beginning of medicine. For example, vivisection is already reported in...