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Animal Welfare in Public and Private Standards and On-Farm Compliance

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  • Annen, Dominic Norbert
  • Wieck, Christine
  • Kempen, Markus

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This paper evaluates the animal welfare situation on cattle farms in Germany and Austria applying a multidimensional assessment framework. Using minimum requirements formulated in public legislation and private certification schemes, animal needs indices are calculated. They are subsequently compared with results from on-farm surveys. Most private certification schemes address animal welfare in their requirements but this does not necessarily result in higher levels of farm animal welfare if they only overlap with existing national standards. The on-farm evaluations showed that most farms already voluntarily overcomply with some of the standards imposed by public legislation or private labels. Thus, proposals to simply increase standards to improve farm animal welfare without considering the already implemented on-farm animal welfare level have to be evaluated with caution. Unter Nutzung eines indikatorengestützten Bewertungssystems untersucht diese Arbeit das Tierwohl auf rinderhaltenden Betrieben in Deutschland und Österreich. Mit Hilfe von Mindestanforderungen, wie sie in der relevanten Gesetzgebung und in privaten Zertifizierungssystemen formuliert sind, werden Tierwohlindikatoren berechnet. Anschließend werden diese mit den Ergebnissen von Kontrollen auf landwirtschaftlichen Betrieben verglichen. Die meisten privaten Zertifizierungssysteme berücksichtigen die Tiergerechtheit von Haltungsbedingungen in ihren Anforderungen, jedoch führt dies nicht unbedingt zu besseren Ergebnissen, wenn diese Anforderungen sich nur mit bestehenden rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen überschneiden. Die Auswertung der betrieblichen Kontrollen zeigt, dass die meisten Betriebe bereits freiwillig die (Mindest-) Standards der öffentlichen und privaten Regelungen übererfüllen. So sind Vorschläge zur weiteren Verbesserung des Tierschutzes in der Landwirtschaft, die eine einfache Erhöhung der Mindestanforderungen beinhalten, hinsichtlich ihrer Wirkung auf das Tierwohl mit Vorsicht zu bewerten.

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  • Annen, Dominic Norbert & Wieck, Christine & Kempen, Markus, 2013. "Animal Welfare in Public and Private Standards and On-Farm Compliance," German Journal of Agricultural Economics, Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Department for Agricultural Economics, vol. 62(03), pages 1-16, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:ags:gjagec:232338
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.232338
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    1. Wieck, Christine & Annen, Dominic N., 2012. "Participation, compliance and synergies at the farm level between the single payments scheme and farm certification labels," Discussion Papers 122123, University of Bonn, Institute for Food and Resource Economics.
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