3.4 Animal Welfare

Question 1

Compare ethics of Intensive and free range farming

Answer 1

-intensive farming is less ethical than free range farming due to poorer animal welfare

Question 2

Compare financials of intensive and free range farming

Answer 2

• free range requires more land and is more labor intensive
• can be sold at higher price
• animals have better quality of life
• intensive farming often creates conditions of poor animal welfare
• more cost effective
• higher profit, as costs are low

Question 3

Name 4 behavioural indicators of poor animal welfare

Answer 3

• stereotypy
• misdirected behaviour
• failure in sexual or parental behaviour
• altered levers of activity
  
  • apathy (low activity)
  • hysteria (high activity)