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Welfare of farmed animals in European Union law
Kubíková, Gabriela ; Damohorský, Milan (advisor) ; Stejskal, Vojtěch (referee) ; Smolek, Martin (referee)
Welfare of farmed animals in European Union law Abstract: The dissertation deals with the protection of farmed animals and their welfare in the European Union law. This is a topic of growing social importance, primarily due to the ethical and environmental concerns associated with intensive animal farming and the increasing societal pressure to strengthen the legal protection of these animals. In addition to providing a general overview of the role of the European Union in the protection of farmed animals, the aim of this thesis is to analyse the current animal welfare legislation in the EU, both in terms of its content (i.e. specific requirements set by the legislation), which is put into comparison with scientific findings in the field of animal welfare, and in terms of its application in practice. On the basis of this analysis and comparison, recommendations are then formulated which address the identified shortcomings and could improve the current state of farmed animal protection in the EU. The thesis is divided into an introduction, five chapters and a conclusion. The introduction provides an outline of the issue and highlights the links between the protection of farmed animals and the environment, lays down the research questions, outlines the structure of the thesis, summarises the methods used and...
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Legal regulation of animal welfare
Finková, Kateřina ; Fabšíková, Tereza (advisor) ; Falteisková, Sabina (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to summarize legal regulation of animal welfare in relation to the Czech Republic and to highlight its potential shortcomings and possible amendments de lege ferenda. Today, humans wield almost unlimited power over living conditions in which animals around the world live in, and so more and more attention is paid to the legal regulation of this area of law. This thesis, which is divided into three main parts, also pays attention to it. The first part contains the analysis of the concept of "animal welfare" and compares it to the concept of "animal protection". It also deals with a brief history of animal welfare and various ways of determination of its level. The second part describes and summarizes legal regulation of welfare, whereas the author proceeds from the international law through European law to national law. With the international law, the biggest emphasis is on the conventions signed under the Council of Europe, while with the European law, the thesis deals first with the primary law and then with the specific acts of secondary law. The most of this part is devoted to the national legal regulation of welfare along with a brief summary of its history. The emphasis is primarily on the Protection of animals against cruelty Act no. 246/1992, which is the main...
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The Development of the Brno Zoo
Mati, David ; Pavelková,, Martina (referee) ; Pavlovský, Tomáš (advisor)
The diploma thesis is composed of two parts dealing with the development of the Brno Zoo. The first part consists of an analysis of selected elements in the public space of the Brno Zoo, which together shape the public space and thus significantly influence its perception, especially among zoo visitors. The second part of the diploma thesis deals with the development of a specific area in the form of an urban-architectural study in the Brno Zoo area, where an effort is made to apply the findings from the preceding analysis.
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Spotřebitelský trh s biopotravinami v Jihočeském kraji
SVÁČKOVÁ, Marie
Abstract The topic of this bachelor's thesis is "The Consumer Market with Organic Food in the South Bohemian Region" and it deals with the current market situation. The goal of this thesis is to analyse customer's approach to shopping of organic food, also looking for the weakest side of customer-organic food relationship and to define the direction how the customers think of the purchase. The theoretical part explains the basic concepts such as organic farming, defines legislation in labelling requirements and certification of organic food, the functions of organic farming control companies and production and processing of organic food. The results in the practical part were achieved by evaluation of a questionnaire survey and data analysis from the respondent's survey. Finally, the author suggests recommendations based on data analysis from the obtained information.
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Legal Aspects of Protection of Animals against Cruelty
Bartoňová, Tereza ; Fabšíková, Tereza (advisor) ; Stejskal, Vojtěch (referee)
Legal Aspects of Protection of Animals against Cruelty Abstract The diploma thesis provides a comprehensive overview of the current legislation on the protection of animals against cruelty at the international, European and national level. The treatise is divided into an introduction, four chapters and a conclusion summarizing the findings. The first introductory chapter is divided into three sub-chapters and is devoted to the concept of animal rights itself, including the definition of the elementary terms "animal protection against cruelty" and "animal welfare", then ethical, especially religious and philosophical starting points for legislative protection of animals against cruelty, and finally briefly summarizes the historical relationship between humans and animals. The second chapter discusses the transnational regulation of the legal protection of animals against cruelty. Its first sub-chapter is devoted to international agreements, and primarily to European agreements adopted under the authority of the Council of Europe. The second sub-chapter summarizes the legislation of the European Union adopted in the field of animal protection, including historical excursus and current regulation. The most extensive chapter is the third chapter dealing with the national regulation of the protection of animals...
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Effects of microbiota composition on emergence of depressions and behavioural disorders in animals
Bartková, Nikola ; Vinkler, Michal (advisor) ; Kubovčiak, Jan (referee)
The aim of this study is to summarize the current knowledge on the influence of gut microbiota composition on behavioural disorders in selected mammals and birds. Current research focuses on the influence of gut microbiota on the development of mental illnesses in humans and the potential therapeutic use of manipulating its composition. This paper briefly summarizes the main mechanisms of microbiota influence on the development of mental illnesses. The gut microbiota may also influence the development of behavioural disorders in animals. The literature suggests that changes in gut microbiota composition in humans with mental illnesses and animals with behavioural disorders share some similarities. In general, they are related mainly to a reduced abundance of selected genera of short-chain fatty acid producing bacteria and an increased abundance of gram-negative bacteria. The exceptions are destructive behavioural disorders in animals, which are associated with increased abundance of the Clostridia class and decreased abundance of the Lactobacillus genus. To prevent their development under stress, the thesis proposes the probiotic use of Lactobacillus rhamnosus. To manipulate the composition of the gut microbiota in the treatment of depressive disorders in humans, the administration of probiotics,...
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Seal Hunting in the Canadian Arctic:Conflicting Perspectives on EU Regulation 1007/2009
Jírová, Anna ; Fiřtová, Magdalena (advisor) ; Kýrová, Lucie (referee)
On September 16, 2009 the European parliament adopted a Regulation (EC) 1007/2009 prohibiting the seal products from being imported and placed on the European Union market. Adoption of a Seal trade ban was a result of an effective anti-sealing lobby and increasing public concern over the perceivably cruel seal hunting methods that emerged in reaction to growing popularity of seal fur in early 2000s. Even though the Seal ban includes an exception for Inuit who hunt seals traditionally for subsistence and depend on monetary income to maintain their traditions, it proved to be highly ineffective as the demand for all seal products declined dramatically, threatening Inuit way of life in the process. The purpose of this thesis is to examine the key actors involved in the conflict, specifically the Inuit, the European Union, animal welfare NGOs and the Canadian government and to contextualize and analyze the specific narratives of the seal hunting discourse and their implications. By looking at the motivation and justification of the EU Seal ban as well as the implications of the different perspectives on the issue, this research will try to test the hypothesis that the seal hunting discourse is based on a colonial mindset and that decolonization of the mind is yet to be achieved by Western society.
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The effect of the pre-weaning play on the coping ability of piglets
Večlová, Barbora ; Chaloupková, Helena (advisor) ; Fuchs, Roman (referee)
This diploma thesis is focused on animal play behaviour, it's features and factors that influence it. It also shows how play can be used as an animal welfare indicator and moreover that play may also improve welfare. Play is interesting from physiology and neurology point of view as well because it is able to trigger positive emotions. This thesis also describes the main hypotheses explaing evolutionary functions of play. The newest hypothesis claims that play may be a "training for the unexpected"(Špinka et al., 2001). Our experiments tested this hypothesis. We investigated if play of piglets before weaning could improve their coping with stress and reduce agonistic behaviour after weaning and later in life. Results show that play in an extra space before weaning does not influence pig's behaviour very much, but it seems to have some impact. Results also show other factors influencing agonistic behaviour of pigs - groupsize, gender and weight gain.
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Legislation of Veterinary Care
Chaloupecká, Denisa ; Damohorský, Milan (advisor) ; Stejskal, Vojtěch (referee)
My diploma thesis deals with the legislation of veterinary care. In doing so, I tried to provide a clear and comprehensive overview of all the institutes and essentials that relate to it. Many uninformed people could mistakenly assume that this topic covers solely animal healthcare. Although it is also an integral part of the topic we do not find so much material here; the concept of veterinary work goes beyond that. Within 5 chapters we will learn not only historical contexts of development, but also international conventions or organizations. We will compare the Czech Leagl norms against the Slovak ones. An integral part of the thesis is a brief overview of sources of EU law, both primary and secondary, as well as their historical development. "Welfare", or ensuring animal welfare, is a rather new concept, but a highly important one. Thanks to animal welfare, we have begun to pay attention to animal health both physically and mentally. It was therefore obvious that this topic was briefly addressed, especially its development and implementation. The concept of "an animal" related to this topic has not been not neglected, especially in how the view of the animal has changed in recent years by amending the Civil Code. Since the topic of the diploma thesis is to concern mainly legal regulations, I...
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