Animal Care Legislation

Does present legislation help animal welfare ?

Animal welfare is a factor which affects public acceptability of animal production systems and hence sustainability. The scientific assessment of animal welfare, including animal health, has developed rapidly in recent years. Public concern abut the welfare of farm animals has also increased substantially. Legislation has an effect on animal welfare if adequately enforced. At present, the great...

The animal experimentation quandary: stuck between legislation and scientific freedom

M any European citizens see animal welfare a matter of great importance [1]. Initiatives such as Stop Vivisection, which petitions politicians to abandon all support for animal experimentation in biomedical and toxicological research (http://ec.europa.eu/citizens-initiative/public/initiatives/successful/details/2012/ 000007/en?lg=en), might suggest that a majority of Europeans want to see the u...

Recent state legislation concerning prepayment medical care.

*Chief, Medical Economics Section, D i vision of Health and Disability Studies, Bureau of Research and Statistics. This article is based on addresses presented at a Conference on R u r a l Medical Care, Pur due University, August 1, 1946, and the National Conference on Cooperative Health Plans, Two Harbors, Minn., August 17, 1946. In this study of State legislation in the field of voluntary pre...

Biotechnology, animal health and animal welfare within the framework of European Union legislation.

Experimental and farm animals are used in biomedical research and in biotechnology studies that are designed to improve agricultural productivity. European legislation governing such research, which is modelled on existing National Laws regarding animal health and welfare, is agreed after several preliminary sessions in which contributions and opinions from large sections of European society ar...

Recent crime legislation and the challenge for prison health care.