Animal Welfare Flashcards
What is animal welfare?
The costs, benefits and ethics of providing different levels of animal welfare in livestock production.
Why is intensive farming less ethical than free range farming?
Intensive farming is less ethical than free range farming due to poorer animal welfare.
What does free range farming require?
Requires more land and is more labour intensive but can be sold at a higher price and animals have better quality of life.
What does intensive farming create?
Creates conditions of poor animal welfare but is often more cost effective, generating higher profit as costs are low.
Examples of behavioural indicators of poor animal welfare…
• stereotypy
• misdirected behaviour
• failure in sexual or parental behaviour.
• altered levels of activity.
Very low level of activity
Apathy
Very high level of activity
Hysteria
