1 - Introduction to Animal Welfare Flashcards
Briefly explain the relationship of Critical Anthropomorphism
We can utilize the needs of humans as a starting point to understand what animals need in able to live a good life and free from suffering.
This overlaps with the physical factors, but includes their preferences and feelings.
Mental State
It concerns an animal’s species-typical behaviours and its environment.
Aspects of Naturalness
“In principle, we disapprove of a degree of confinement of an animal which necessarily frustrates most of the major activities which make up its natural behaviour”
Natural Behavior
Where does the need to show a behavior originates?
Brain
What is the French name of World Organization for Animal Health?
OIE (Office International des Epizooties)
means how an animal is coping with the conditions in which it lives
Animal Welfare
Briefly explain why animal welfare is a mandated science.
The public has concerns and demands some answers in regards with how animals are kept. It is a public concern and not by mere curiosity thus making it a mandated science
When you graduate as a vet, what are the requirements set by OIE on animal welfare as a Day 1 competency?
- explain animal welfare and the related responsibilities of owners, handlers, veterinarians and others responsible for the care of animals
- identify animal welfare problems and participate in corrective actions
- Know where to find up-to-date and reliable information regarding local, national and international animal welfare regulations/standards
more than local sensation
sentience
capacity to have feelings and to experience suffering and pleasure
sentience
One or more bad feelings continuing for more than a short period
suffering
Utilizing human needs as a starting point for considering what animals may need in order to have a good life or, at least, to avoid suffering
critical anthropomorphism
Which sentient animals are vets concerned about?
- how those animals are cared for
- how they are used
- how they are handled and housed during transport and at sales
- how those animals are killed so that they do not suffer during the lead-up to their death and during the killing process
Examples of animal’s species-typical behaviours
- hens dust-bathing
- pigs rooting
- horses pair-bonding to groom
- polar bears walking for many kilometres as part of their hunting behaviour
means how an animal is coping with the conditions in which it lives
animal welfare
Good animal welfare requires
- disease prevention and veterinary treatment
- appropriate shelter
- management
- nutrition
- humane handling and humane slaughter/killing
not cause injury to any living being
ahimsa
This belief includes animal suffering because one-ness with all beings, the suffering of animals is a source of distress in humans.
Confucianism
animals aren’t rational, therefore we don’t need to worry about whether we are treating them fairly
stoic
animals may not be rational, but we should still be kind to them
Plutarch
we are similar to animals so we shouldn’t eat them
pythagoras and others
animals deserve moral consideration because they can feel distress
porphyry
organization supported by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).
One health initiative
World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) recommends that animal welfare is a required Day 1 competency for all veterinary graduates
- explain animal welfare and the related responsibilities of owners, handlers, veterinarians
and others responsible for the care of animals - identify animal welfare problems and participate in corrective actions
- know where to find up-to-date and reliable information regarding local, national and international animal welfare regulations/standards in order to describe humane
methods
