The horse protection act

03 May 2012 | Government Documents

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) enforces the Horse Protection Act (HPA). The HPA is a Federal law that prohibits horses subjected to a practice called soring from participating in shows, sales, exhibitions, or auctions. The HPA …

Animal welfare and its assessment in zoos

03 May 2012 | Government Documents | Contributor(s): The Zoos Forum

The zoo community considers animal welfare to be a matter of great importance. The EC Zoos Directive (1999/22/EC) provides that animals must be accommodated under conditions which aim to satisfy the biological and conservation requirements of the individual species and, in the UK, the Secretary of …

Animal welfare delivery strategy

03 May 2012 | Government Documents

http://archive.defra.gov.uk/foodfarm/policy/animalhealth/documents/awdelivery-strategy.pdf 2007 en Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs United …

Animal welfare, economics and policy

03 May 2012 | Government Documents

This discussion paper ('scoping study' in Defra terminology) considers the topic of animal welfare – usually associated with ethics and moral values, or with animal science and ethology – as an explicitly economic concept. Recognising that the value of farm animals is dominated by their …

Fireworks and animals

03 May 2012 | Government Documents

Every year thousands of animals will suffer as a result of fireworks being let off. Blue Cross animal hospitals across the country see a marked rise in pets requiring medication during such stressful times, and many animals are brought into Blue Cross adoption centres having run away from …

Farm fires – Protecting farm animal welfare

03 May 2012 | Government Documents

All farms are at risk of fire and each year there are over one thousand fires in agricultural buildings, many of them housing livestock. Most fires on farms can be prevented provided farmers and stockpersons are sufficiently aware of potential fire hazards and alert enough to recognise and remedy …

Consultation on reforming the GB animal welfare inspection regime

03 May 2012 | Government Documents

The main proposal set out in the consultation document is that membership of a farm assurance scheme or certification under an organic scheme, should be included as a criteria in AHVLA’s risk model for allocating inspections to claimants under cross compliance regulations for 2012 and beyond. …

Prohibiting obscene animal crush videos in the wake of United States vs. Stevens

03 May 2012 | Government Documents

Record of the hearing before the United States Senate regarding the prohibition of animal crush videos following the result of United States v. Stevens

The Animal Welfare Act: An overview

03 May 2012 | Government Documents

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) enforces the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) to protect certain animals from inhumane treatment and neglect. Congress passed the AWA in 1966 in response to public concern regarding stolen pets used in laboratory research. Since 1966, the AWA has been strengthened …

Public law 110–22

03 May 2012 | Government Documents

To amend title 18, United States Code, to strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting, and for other purposes.