Animal Science Test Flashcards
What is Animal Welfare?
A philosophy that animals should be treated in a kind and caring manner.
What is Animal Rightist
A philosophy that animals have the same rights as humans and that they should not be used for human consumption.
What is an Abolitionist
animals have similar rights as humans.
What is an Absolute?
people can do whatever they want to animals, humans are the only species with rights.
What is a Utilitarian?
animals have rights, but human needs for food, clothing and research outweigh those rights.
Explain the difference between Abuse and Animal Cruelty
Abuse
• To use wrongly or improperly
• To treat in a harmful, injurious, or offensive way
Cruelty
• The state or quality of being cruel
Identify 5 different ways humans put value on things
- Relative worth
- Monetary or material worth
- Import or meaning
- Liking or affection
- Ideals, customs, institutions
Identify 10 different animal issues
- Animal Research
- Antibiotics and Growth Hormones
- Genetic Modification
- Confinement Operations
- Manure and Odor
- Meat Consumption and Animal By-Products
- Slaughterhouse Practices
- Fish Farming and Fishing
- Hunting and Trapping
- Spaying and Neutering
Identify a Positive, A Negative, and a Misconception for Animal Research
Positive - Can create medicines for animals.
Negative - Can be cruel
Misconception - They abuse and mistreat the animals. (Not true because there are laws in place to prevent that).
Explain why as a society why we have different viewpoints on viewing different animals
We have different viewpoints with different animals because we have closer bonds with house pets than we do with farm animals or animals in a slaughterhouse. We care about the animals we are close with while the animals we aren’t close with, we don’t care about.
Explain view point of yourself about animal welfarist and rightist
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