3.4 animal welfare

Question 1

Costs of providing livestock with good conditions

Answer 1

Money must be used to imported environment in which the livestock live.

Question 2

Ethics of giving livestock better conditions

Answer 2

Moral values which ensure that humans allow animals and livestock to live without harm or neglect.

Question 3

Benefits of providing good conditions to livestock

Answer 3

Livestock may breed more successfully, generate higher quality of food, and grow better.

Question 4

RSPCA five freedoms

Answer 4

Freedom from hunger and thirst
Freedom from discomfort
Freedom from pain, injury and disease.
Freedom to express normal behaviour
Freedom from fear and distress.

Question 5

Freedom from fear and distress

Answer 5

Giving animals conditions and treatment which prevent mental suffering.

Question 6

Freedom from hunger and thirst

Answer 6

Providing a continuous supply of water and food to the animal.

Question 7

Freedom of pain injury and disease

Answer 7

Giving animals treatment from a vet when sick or injured

Question 8

Freedom to express normal behaviour

Answer 8

Animals must be given correct space, proper facilities and company from other animals of their own kind.

Question 9

Freedom from discomfort

Answer 9

Animals should be provided with the correct environment and a hospitable place to rest.

Question 10

Animal welfare RSPCA welfare

Answer 10

Animals should be provided with sufficient water and food, a comfortable place to stay, a vet if sick or injured, proper facilities and environment to behave normally and be caused no distress.

Question 11

Animal welfare RSPCA welfare

Answer 11

Animals should be provided with sufficient water and food, a comfortable place to stay, a vet if sick or injured, proper facilities and environment to behave normally and be caused no distress.

Question 12

Intensive farming characteristics

Answer 12

Small compact land area
Low levels of labour
Low selling price due to low quality
Poor animal welfare

Question 13

Free range farming characteristics

Answer 13

Large area of land
High labour use high selling price due to higher quality
Good animal wellfare

Question 14

Behavioural indicators of poor animal welfare

Answer 14

Stereotypy
Misdirected behaviour
Failure at sexual and parental behaviours
Altered activity levels.

Question 15

Stereotypy definition

Answer 15

Where an animal shows repetitive displays of distress in an enclosure.

Question 16

Examples of stereotypy

Answer 16

Pacing up and down
Biting objects
Excessive grooming

Question 17

Misdirected behaviours def

Answer 17

Where an animal carries out an action which is inappropriate and harmful to itself.

Question 18

Examples of misdirected behaviours

Answer 18

Birds plucking out their feathers
Excessive gnawing at objects which harms the animal.

Question 19

Failure in sexual behaviour

Answer 19

Where an animal stops being able to mate or stops undergoing mating behaviour.

Question 20

Failure at parental duties

Answer 20

Abandoning young
Acting aggressively towards young
Stealing other young from other parents.

Question 20

Failure at parental duties

Answer 20

Abandoning young
Acting aggressively towards young
Stealing other young from other parents.

Question 21

Two types of altered levels of activity

Answer 21

Apathy
Hysteria

Question 22

Apathy

Answer 22

Where an animal displays low levels of energy, lying sitting or standing in the same position for prolonged periods of time.

Question 23

Hysteria

Answer 23

Where an animal displays high levels of energy, moving around lots more and in a constant state of panic.