3. Contemporary Issues in Animal Welfare Flashcards
What are some contemporary issues in animal welfare?
- Animal experimentation
- Animals in entertainment
- Companion Animals
- Farm animals
- Wildlife
- Working animals
What issues come under ‘companion animals’v
- Stray animal management
- Neutering
- Alternatives to animal shelters
- shelter management
- Pet trade
- Euthanasia
- Companion Animal Carr
- Wild animals as pets
- Dangerous Dogs
What management controls are in place for stray animals?
No single standard approach will suit all animals.
- Legislations
- Registration- microchipping/tattoos etc
- Neutering and vaccinations
- Garbage control
- Control of breeders and sale outlets
- Re-homing, release or euthanasia
- Education- promoting responsible pet ownership eg neutering
What events are classed as animal entertainment?
- Zoos
- Circuses
- Hunting
- Bear baiting
- Bullfighting
- Rodeos
- Dog and cock fighting
- Racing
- Tourist entertainment and photography
- Animals in media
What legislation is there surrounding animals in entertainment?
- Licensing of establishments (zoos, circuses)
- Licensing of premed is for wild animals to be kept
- Direct prohibition of acts
- Direct prohibition of using certain species in entertainment
- Welfare conditions for captivity
- acceptable methods of killing for control measures to be specified
What welfare issues are there surrounding wildlife?
- Wildlife trade
- Wildlife kept as pets
- Hunting and trapping
- Captive breeding for commercial use
- Wildlife rehabilitation and sanctuary’s
What is involved In keeping wildlife as pets?
The pet trade involves the global buying and selling of animals for use as pets. The trade flourishes as legal activity as well as illegal trade. Much of exotic trade is dominated by reptiles and birds, mostly unregulated.
What welfare issues surround farm animals?
- intensive farming
- fur and skin farming
- exotic/cruel foods
- markets
- live transport
- slaughter
- genetic engineering
- mutilations
- legislative bans
- science
- feeding the world
What welfare issues occur during live transport?
- Animals are crammed into overcrowded vehicles and often receive no proper food, water or rest during the journey
- Animals become exhausted, dehydrated and stressed
- Some animals get injured
- Some collapse in the floor and are trampled to death
What kind of working animals are there?
- Animals working in Agriculture
- Transport
- Assisted therapy
- Law enforcement
- Assistance/service dogs
- Security
- Military or war animals
- Search and rescue
- Herding, guarding and hunting
How do we generally assess animal welfare?
Generally 3 approaches are followed:
- Naturalistic
- Functional
- Subjective
Welfare indicators are then grouped:
- Behavioural
- Physical
- Physiological
- Production orientated
The various types of indicators directly reflect the welfare status of the animal
