Access to bedding and outdoor runs for growing-finishing pigs: is it possible to improve welfare without increasing environmental impacts?

Providing bedding or access to an outdoor run are husbandry aspects intended to improve pig welfare, which is currently financially supported through animal welfare schemes in several European countries. However, they may significantly affect the environment through changes in feed efficiency and manure management. Therefore, the aim of this paper was to compare farms differing in animal welfare relevant husbandry aspects regarding (1) the welfare of growing-finishing pigs and (2) environmental impact categories such as global warming (GW), acidification (AC), and freshwater (FE) and marine eutrophication (ME), by employing an attributional Life Cycle Assessment.

Emergency response to terrorist attacks: results of the federal-conducted evaluation process in Germany.

Purpose: Rescue missions during terrorist attacks are extremely challenging for all rescue forces (police as well as non-police forces) involved. To improve the quality and safety of the rescue missions during an active killing event, it is obligatory to adapt common rescue mission goals and strategies.

Methods: After the recent attacks in Europe, the Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance started an evaluation process on behalf of the Federal Ministry of the Interior and the Federal Ministry of Health.

Care of relatives following sudden infant death.

This paper deals with 301 families who have been offered a consultation for managing bereavement following sudden infant death. Eighty-eight percent of the parents (269 families) accepted and 36 more families out with Lower Saxony wished to be cared for. Without a previous autopsy 1.

[Psychosocial management of a new pregnancy after sudden infant death (SID)--results of a long-term study of 115 families].

Background: Every subsequent pregnancy after the loss of a child due to Sudden Infant Death (SID) causes highly anxious parents. The aim of this investigation was to point out which feelings and experiences have to be considered as influencing factors for a following pregnancy--besides being afraid of a repeated loss. The overlapping fixing of our aim was to develop some proposals and recommendations for a capable accompanying during a subsequent pregnancy.