Animal Welfare Certification For Laying Hens: Compliance With The Legal Prohibition Of Mistreatment In Brazil

This article aims to analyze the effectiveness of animal welfare certification for compliance with the legal prohibition of cruelty and mistreatment in the egg industry. I analyze the conditions of conventional cage systems, the legal protection to laying hens in Brazil, and the animal welfare cert...

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Publicado: Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Facultat de Dret 2019
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:805bdd1dabe34e22b17eb80bf3331ccc2021-11-27T08:43:56ZAnimal Welfare Certification For Laying Hens: Compliance With The Legal Prohibition Of Mistreatment In Brazil10.5565/rev/da.3742462-7518https://doaj.org/article/805bdd1dabe34e22b17eb80bf3331ccc2019-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/da/article/view/374https://doaj.org/toc/2462-7518 This article aims to analyze the effectiveness of animal welfare certification for compliance with the legal prohibition of cruelty and mistreatment in the egg industry. I analyze the conditions of conventional cage systems, the legal protection to laying hens in Brazil, and the animal welfare certification for laying hens. I conclude that the existing welfare certification for laying hens is enough to ensure the accomplishment of the law, but it is necessary to consider ways to stimulate producers to obtain this certification and, therefore, to change their mode of production, providing a high level of welfare for laying hens.   Yuri Fernandes LimaUniversitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Facultat de Dretarticleegg industrylaying henscruelty and ill-treatmentanimal welfare certificationAnimal cultureSF1-1100Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. JurisprudenceK1-7720ENESDerecho Animal, Vol 10, Iss 1 (2019)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
ES
topic egg industry
laying hens
cruelty and ill-treatment
animal welfare certification
Animal culture
SF1-1100
Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence
K1-7720
spellingShingle egg industry
laying hens
cruelty and ill-treatment
animal welfare certification
Animal culture
SF1-1100
Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence
K1-7720
Yuri Fernandes Lima
Animal Welfare Certification For Laying Hens: Compliance With The Legal Prohibition Of Mistreatment In Brazil
description This article aims to analyze the effectiveness of animal welfare certification for compliance with the legal prohibition of cruelty and mistreatment in the egg industry. I analyze the conditions of conventional cage systems, the legal protection to laying hens in Brazil, and the animal welfare certification for laying hens. I conclude that the existing welfare certification for laying hens is enough to ensure the accomplishment of the law, but it is necessary to consider ways to stimulate producers to obtain this certification and, therefore, to change their mode of production, providing a high level of welfare for laying hens.  
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title Animal Welfare Certification For Laying Hens: Compliance With The Legal Prohibition Of Mistreatment In Brazil
title_short Animal Welfare Certification For Laying Hens: Compliance With The Legal Prohibition Of Mistreatment In Brazil
title_full Animal Welfare Certification For Laying Hens: Compliance With The Legal Prohibition Of Mistreatment In Brazil
title_fullStr Animal Welfare Certification For Laying Hens: Compliance With The Legal Prohibition Of Mistreatment In Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Animal Welfare Certification For Laying Hens: Compliance With The Legal Prohibition Of Mistreatment In Brazil
title_sort animal welfare certification for laying hens: compliance with the legal prohibition of mistreatment in brazil
publisher Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Facultat de Dret
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