Efforts to Ban the Routine Tail Docking of Pigs and to Give Pigs Enrichment Materials via EU Law: Where Do We Stand a Quarter of a Century on?
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. The Process Leading to Current EU Pig Welfare Legislation
2.1. First European Pig Welfare Legislation: 1994
2.2. 1997–2001 Years of Reflection
2.3. Amended European Pig Directive: 2008
3. 2008–2019: Implementation and (Lack of) Enforcement of Certain Provisions of the Pig Directive
4. Corrective Instruments Available to the European Commission
5. 2012–2016: A Management-Based Approach to Improve Enforcement of the Pig Directive
5.1. Scientific Preparatory Work
5.2. Identifying Best Practices and Giving Guidance: The Commission Recommendation and Staff Working Document
5.3. The 2017–2019 EU Action Plan on Rearing Pigs with Intact Tails
5.4. The European Union Platform on Animal Welfare
5.5. The first EU Reference Centre on Animal Welfare Dedicated to Pig Welfare
6. The Future: What Can/Will Happen Next?
- 1/The new Commission decides to prolong the action plan and continue with a guidance-based approach, still postponing infringement procedures.
- 2/The new Commission decides to use coercive methods (infringement procedures) with or without a continuation of guidance of Member States to obtain better enforcement.
7. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Nalon, E.; De Briyne, N. Efforts to Ban the Routine Tail Docking of Pigs and to Give Pigs Enrichment Materials via EU Law: Where Do We Stand a Quarter of a Century on? Animals 2019, 9, 132. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani9040132
Nalon E, De Briyne N. Efforts to Ban the Routine Tail Docking of Pigs and to Give Pigs Enrichment Materials via EU Law: Where Do We Stand a Quarter of a Century on? Animals. 2019; 9(4):132. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani9040132
Chicago/Turabian StyleNalon, Elena, and Nancy De Briyne. 2019. "Efforts to Ban the Routine Tail Docking of Pigs and to Give Pigs Enrichment Materials via EU Law: Where Do We Stand a Quarter of a Century on?" Animals 9, no. 4: 132. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani9040132
APA StyleNalon, E., & De Briyne, N. (2019). Efforts to Ban the Routine Tail Docking of Pigs and to Give Pigs Enrichment Materials via EU Law: Where Do We Stand a Quarter of a Century on? Animals, 9(4), 132. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani9040132