After Midterm

Question 1

How can we assess animal welfare? and name all four methods.

Answer 1

all available evidence
common sense
lower our sights.
1-Health
2-Production/Productivity
3-Physiology / biochemistry
4- Behavior

Question 2

Economical Analogy

Answer 2

animals ‘‘luxuries’’ or ‘‘necessities’’.
Methods:
1- decrease income (limit available time and make animal choose which activity to perform)
2- increase cost (make animal work to obtain putative reward)

Question 3

Measure Strength of preference

Answer 3

make them work for there favored choice. general method is to see how hard animals will work in order to obtain their preffered choice. different mothods can be used

Question 4

Indicators of states of suffering

Answer 4

• place animal (in laboratory) in a situation in which we know it will be suffering
• record the behavior shown
• look for this behavior in commercial situations

Question 5

how can we improve animal Welfare?

Answer 5

• Hygiene (prevent disease)
• Physical environment (prevent injury) (animal biology-behavior)
• social environment
• human contact
• Improve Human-animal relationship

Question 6

what are the 3 Rs?

Answer 6

Reduction
Replacement
Refinement

Question 7

Signs that everything is not as it should be

Answer 7

stereotypies
barbering
aggression

Question 8

How does Canada match up in the world of animal welfare?

Answer 8

we are second on the ‘league table’. Is fairly advanced.

Question 9

how can we regulate animal welfare?

Answer 9

-differences among nations(attitudes to animal, legal systems, political systems) have led to great differences in legislation designed to protect animals

Question 10

federal legislation in canada

Answer 10

• the criminal code of canada(cruelty to animals)
• health of animal act
• meat inspection act

Question 11

provincial legislation in ontario

Answer 11

• provincial animal act

- aniaml for research act

Question 12

Cruelty to Animals law in canada

Answer 12

Criminal Code
444
445
446
447
-have not been revised since 1892

Question 13

What animals should be protected?

Answer 13

• the question is can they suffer
• only:dogs, birds or mammals get special mention in the criminal code because they are more frequently the cause of animal abuse.

Question 14

Animals as Property or Sentient Beings?

Question 15

proper methods of killing an animal

Answer 15

killing an animals, if it is done humanely and quickly, does not reduce their welfare.

Question 16

what are the 2 main categories from the criminal code and descried them?

Answer 16

Intentional Cruelty: intentionally hurting an animal in manner that is deemed cruel.
Neglect: failing to provide food, water, shelter or care.

Question 17

Name 3 example of elective surgeries for farm practices animals? does Ian approve or disprove these practices and why?

Answer 17

• castration
• tail docking
• beak trimming
• Ian approves: he feels that these practices are actually improving the welfare of the animals in the long run and farmers are evolving and starting to use local anesthetics.

Question 18

what is the problem with domesticated animals?

Answer 18

are we still able to meet the physical, social and emotional needs of these animals while simultaneously trying to impose our expectation of them as ‘pets’.

Question 19

what is raised in both human and dog when put together for 3 minutes.

Answer 19

Oxytocin levels double.

Question 20

what are some of the cost-benefit that could improve animal welfare?

Answer 20

1. Pain of vaccinating animals, B= Avoidance of disease.
2-pain of tail-docking sheep,
B= avoidance of fly strike
3-pain of de-beaking poultry
B=Avoidance of cannibalism
4-pain of tail-docking dairy cows
B= comfort of milker.

Question 21

how can we find out what value people place on welfare?

Answer 21

• ask them: surveys
• see how they actually behave(set up a experiment in which they have a choice)
• let them either directly (Switzerland) or through their elected reps, lay down standards, codes or legislation.

Question 22

what are the 5 freedoms?

Answer 22

1. Freedom from hunger and thirst
2. Freedom from pain, injury, and disease
3. Freedom from distress
4. Freedom from discomfort
5. Freedom to express behaviors that promote well-being.