{"id":608,"date":"2024-03-20T10:36:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T09:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elevage-ethique.fr\/fr\/?page_id=608"},"modified":"2024-03-20T11:08:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T10:08:57","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elevage-ethique.fr\/en\/transport-des-veaux-comment-wageningen-research-sert-lindustrie\/","title":{"rendered":"Calf transport: how Wageningen Research serves the industry","raw":"Calf transport: how Wageningen Research serves the industry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

download the critical commentary<\/strong> <\/a>on<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Study on shifting from transport of unweaned dairy calves over long distance to local rearing and fattening<\/a>. Wageningen Research, for DG SANTE, March 2022<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is it all about? A scientific hotspot produces a study that does not answer the question posed, but is in the interests of a highly questionable industry<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The background is that the European Commission is proposing a new regulation on the protection of animals during transport<\/strong> – a painful area, well documented by NGOs and particularly distressing in terms of transport conditions and the immense distress of small calves taken away from dairy cows (given that these are intended to be milked to extract as much milk as possible). Around 30% of dairy cows are slaughtered each year and replaced. Every year, around 20 million dairy calves are born. Males and many females are not used for replacement and are left to the laws of the market. 1.4 million of these small calves cross borders in the EU, and 580,000 are transported for more than 8 hours. The major veal calf fattening countries are the Netherlands, Spain and France. France, along with Ireland, is also the country from which the largest number of calves are transported over long distances. At present, the age limit for transporting calves is 15 days. The European Commission is proposing to raise the age limit to 5 weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The European Commission’s DG SANTE has taken the excellent initiative of commissioning a report on the transition from long-distance transport of unweaned dairy calves to local rearing and fattening.<\/strong> This is indeed the right question to ask (and not just for calves!). It would be a step in the right direction towards the relocation of livestock farming activities and more coherent systems. It would pave the way for small-scale, grassland-based production systems with a high level of animal welfare. It would prevent the spread of pathogens and reduce the need for antibiotics, while supporting the animals’ immune systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The study of such a transition was entrusted to Wageningen Research<\/strong>, a reputed institution supposedly oriented towards future solutions. The results are deeply disappointing. The authors do not even answer the question. They are scarcely interested in existing solutions and experience with local fattening, which they dismiss in a single sentence. What they are interested in is animal genetics and the “refinement” of transport conditions. It’s enough to make you think that the authors of Wageningen Research are close to the Dutch animal feed and calf production industry. In France, the Dutch integrators Denkavit and Van Drie are known for their veal calf factory farms, with total disregard for the needs and welfare of calves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is enough to recommend that DG SANTE be more demanding and more critical of the studies it commissions, and above all that it not give up on the idea that we need to get away from long-distance transport and relocate livestock farming so that animals can be born, grow, reproduce and die in the same place, ideally on the same farm<\/strong>. This is a fair idea, and we must defend it. The ethical challenge should be heard more clearly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s quote Albert Schweitzer: “I am life that wants to live, surrounded by life that wants to live\u2026”.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s add: “I am life that wants to love, surrounded by life that wants to love”<\/strong>. That means a lot to cows and calves.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"raw":"\n

download the critical commentary<\/strong> <\/a>on<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Study on shifting from transport of unweaned dairy calves over long distance to local rearing and fattening<\/a>. Wageningen Research, for DG SANTE, March 2022<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is it all about? A scientific hotspot produces a study that does not answer the question posed, but is in the interests of a highly questionable industry<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The background is that the European Commission is proposing a new regulation on the protection of animals during transport<\/strong> - a painful area, well documented by NGOs and particularly distressing in terms of transport conditions and the immense distress of small calves taken away from dairy cows (given that these are intended to be milked to extract as much milk as possible). Around 30% of dairy cows are slaughtered each year and replaced. Every year, around 20 million dairy calves are born. Males and many females are not used for replacement and are left to the laws of the market. 1.4 million of these small calves cross borders in the EU, and 580,000 are transported for more than 8 hours. The major veal calf fattening countries are the Netherlands, Spain and France. France, along with Ireland, is also the country from which the largest number of calves are transported over long distances. At present, the age limit for transporting calves is 15 days. The European Commission is proposing to raise the age limit to 5 weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The European Commission's DG SANTE has taken the excellent initiative of commissioning a report on the transition from long-distance transport of unweaned dairy calves to local rearing and fattening.<\/strong> This is indeed the right question to ask (and not just for calves!). It would be a step in the right direction towards the relocation of livestock farming activities and more coherent systems. It would pave the way for small-scale, grassland-based production systems with a high level of animal welfare. It would prevent the spread of pathogens and reduce the need for antibiotics, while supporting the animals' immune systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The study of such a transition was entrusted to Wageningen Research<\/strong>, a reputed institution supposedly oriented towards future solutions. The results are deeply disappointing. The authors do not even answer the question. They are scarcely interested in existing solutions and experience with local fattening, which they dismiss in a single sentence. What they are interested in is animal genetics and the \"refinement\" of transport conditions. It's enough to make you think that the authors of Wageningen Research are close to the Dutch animal feed and calf production industry. In France, the Dutch integrators Denkavit and Van Drie are known for their veal calf factory farms, with total disregard for the needs and welfare of calves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is enough to recommend that DG SANTE be more demanding and more critical of the studies it commissions, and above all that it not give up on the idea that we need to get away from long-distance transport and relocate livestock farming so that animals can be born, grow, reproduce and die in the same place, ideally on the same farm<\/strong>. This is a fair idea, and we must defend it. The ethical challenge should be heard more clearly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let's quote Albert Schweitzer: \"I am life that wants to live, surrounded by life that wants to live\u2026\".<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let's add: \"I am life that wants to love, surrounded by life that wants to love\"<\/strong>. That means a lot to cows and calves.<\/p>\n"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false,"raw":""},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_fr_post_content":"\n

t\u00e9l\u00e9chargez le Commentaire critique<\/a> <\/strong>sur<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Study on shifting from transport of unweaned dairy calves over long distance to local rearing and fattening<\/em>. <\/a>Wageningen Research, pour DG SANTE, mars 2022<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

De quoi s'agit-il ? Un haut-lieu de la science produit une \u00e9tude qui ne r\u00e9pond pas \u00e0 la question pos\u00e9e, mais qui se fond dans les int\u00e9r\u00eats d'une fili\u00e8re hautement contestable<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le contexte est que la Commission europ\u00e9enne propose un nouveau r\u00e8glement sur la protection des animaux pendant le transport<\/strong>, un domaine douloureux, bien document\u00e9 par les ONG et particuli\u00e8rement bouleversant pour ce qui concerne les conditions de transport et l'immense d\u00e9tresse des petits veaux enlev\u00e9s aux vaches laiti\u00e8res<\/strong> (vu que celles-ci sont destin\u00e9es \u00e0 \u00eatre traites pour en retirer un maximum de lait). Environ 30 % des vaches laiti\u00e8res sont abattues chaque ann\u00e9e et sont donc remplac\u00e9es. Chaque ann\u00e9e na\u00eetraient environ 20 millions de veaux laitiers. Les m\u00e2les et de nombreuses femelles ne servent pas au remplacement et sont abandonn\u00e9s aux lois du march\u00e9. 1,4 millions de ces petits veaux traversent des fronti\u00e8res dans l'UE, et 580 000 sont transport\u00e9s durant plus de 8 heures. Les grands pays engraisseurs de veaux de boucherie sont les Pays-Bas, l'Espagne et la France. La France, avec l'Irlande, est aussi le pays dont est issu le plus grand nombre de veaux subissant des transports longs. Actuellement la limite d'\u00e2ge permettant de les transporter est fix\u00e9 \u00e0 15 jours. La Commission europ\u00e9enne propose de monter l'\u00e2ge limite \u00e0 5 semaines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La DG SANTE de la Commission europ\u00e9enne a eu l'excellente initiative de commander un rapport sur une transition du transport des veaux laitiers non sevr\u00e9s sur de longues distances vers un \u00e9levage et un engraissement local. <\/strong>C'est en effet la bonne question \u00e0 poser (et pas seulement pour les veaux ! ). Cela va dans le sens de la relocalisation des activit\u00e9s d'\u00e9levage et de plus de coh\u00e9rence des syst\u00e8mes. Cela ouvrirait la voie vers des fili\u00e8res paysannes, herbag\u00e8res, et de haut niveau de bien-\u00eatre animal. Cela \u00e9viterait la diffusion d'agents pathog\u00e8nes et r\u00e9duirait les besoins en antibiotiques, tout en \u00e9tant favorable au syst\u00e8me immunitaire des animaux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L'\u00e9tude d'une telle transition a \u00e9t\u00e9 confi\u00e9e \u00e0 Wageningen Research, institution r\u00e9put\u00e9e<\/strong>, suppos\u00e9e orient\u00e9e vers les solutions d'avenir. Le r\u00e9sultat est profond\u00e9ment d\u00e9cevant<\/strong>. Les auteurs ne r\u00e9pondent m\u00eame pas \u00e0 la question. Les solutions et exp\u00e9riences existantes, quant \u00e0 un engraissement local, les int\u00e9ressent \u00e0 peine, elles sont \u00e9vacu\u00e9es en une phrase. Ce qui les int\u00e9resse sont la g\u00e9n\u00e9tique animale et le \"raffinement\" des conditions de transport. De quoi rendre irr\u00e9pressible l'id\u00e9e que les auteurs de Wageningen Research sont proches de l'industrie n\u00e9erlandaise de l'alimentation animale et de la production de veaux.<\/strong> En France, les int\u00e9grateurs n\u00e9erlandais Denkavit et Van Drie sont connus pour leurs ateliers de veaux de boucherie, dans le m\u00e9pris le plus total des besoins et du bien-\u00eatre des veaux. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

De quoi recommander \u00e0 la DG SANTE d'\u00eatre plus exigeant et plus critique envers les \u00e9tudes qu'elle commande, et surtout de ne pas l\u00e2cher l'id\u00e9e qu'il faut sortir des transports longs et relocaliser l'\u00e9levage pour que les animaux puissent na\u00eetre, grandir, se reproduire, et mourir, au m\u00eame endroit, id\u00e9alement dans la m\u00eame ferme.<\/strong> Cette id\u00e9e est juste, il faut la d\u00e9fendre. On aimerait que le d\u00e9fi \u00e9thique soit davantage entendu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Citons Albert Schweitzer : \u00ab Je suis vie qui veut vivre, entour\u00e9 de vie qui veut vivre.. \u00bb<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compl\u00e9tons : \u00ab Je suis vie qui veut aimer, entour\u00e9\/e de vie qui veut aimer. \u00bb  <\/strong>Cela compte beaucoup pour les vaches et les veaux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/p>\n","_fr_post_name":"transport-des-veaux-comment-wageningen-research-sert-lindustrie","_fr_post_excerpt":"","_fr_post_title":"Transport des veaux: comment Wageningen Research sert l'industrie","_en_post_content":"\n

download the critical commentary<\/strong> <\/a>on<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Study on shifting from transport of unweaned dairy calves over long distance to local rearing and fattening<\/a>. Wageningen Research, for DG SANTE, March 2022<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is it all about? A scientific hotspot produces a study that does not answer the question posed, but is in the interests of a highly questionable industry<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The background is that the European Commission is proposing a new regulation on the protection of animals during transport<\/strong> - a painful area, well documented by NGOs and particularly distressing in terms of transport conditions and the immense distress of small calves taken away from dairy cows (given that these are intended to be milked to extract as much milk as possible). Around 30% of dairy cows are slaughtered each year and replaced. Every year, around 20 million dairy calves are born. Males and many females are not used for replacement and are left to the laws of the market. 1.4 million of these small calves cross borders in the EU, and 580,000 are transported for more than 8 hours. The major veal calf fattening countries are the Netherlands, Spain and France. France, along with Ireland, is also the country from which the largest number of calves are transported over long distances. At present, the age limit for transporting calves is 15 days. The European Commission is proposing to raise the age limit to 5 weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The European Commission's DG SANTE has taken the excellent initiative of commissioning a report on the transition from long-distance transport of unweaned dairy calves to local rearing and fattening.<\/strong> This is indeed the right question to ask (and not just for calves!). It would be a step in the right direction towards the relocation of livestock farming activities and more coherent systems. It would pave the way for small-scale, grassland-based production systems with a high level of animal welfare. It would prevent the spread of pathogens and reduce the need for antibiotics, while supporting the animals' immune systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The study of such a transition was entrusted to Wageningen Research<\/strong>, a reputed institution supposedly oriented towards future solutions. The results are deeply disappointing. The authors do not even answer the question. They are scarcely interested in existing solutions and experience with local fattening, which they dismiss in a single sentence. What they are interested in is animal genetics and the \"refinement\" of transport conditions. It's enough to make you think that the authors of Wageningen Research are close to the Dutch animal feed and calf production industry. In France, the Dutch integrators Denkavit and Van Drie are known for their veal calf factory farms, with total disregard for the needs and welfare of calves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is enough to recommend that DG SANTE be more demanding and more critical of the studies it commissions, and above all that it not give up on the idea that we need to get away from long-distance transport and relocate livestock farming so that animals can be born, grow, reproduce and die in the same place, ideally on the same farm<\/strong>. This is a fair idea, and we must defend it. The ethical challenge should be heard more clearly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let's quote Albert Schweitzer: \"I am life that wants to live, surrounded by life that wants to live\u2026\".<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let's add: \"I am life that wants to love, surrounded by life that wants to love\"<\/strong>. That means a lot to cows and calves.<\/p>\n","_en_post_name":"","_en_post_excerpt":"","_en_post_title":"Calf transport: how Wageningen Research serves the industry","edit_language":"en","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-608","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elevage-ethique.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elevage-ethique.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elevage-ethique.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elevage-ethique.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elevage-ethique.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/elevage-ethique.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":626,"href":"https:\/\/elevage-ethique.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/608\/revisions\/626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elevage-ethique.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}