Animal Welfare

Question 1

Poor animal welfare

Answer 1

Intensive farming

Question 2

Good animal welfare

Answer 2

Free range farming

Question 3

What are the costs of intensive farming?

Answer 3

Less ethical due to poorer animal welfare.

Question 4

What are the benefits of intensive farming?

Answer 4

Cost effective so higher profits are generated.

Question 5

What are benefits of free range farming?

Answer 5

Ensures that animals don’t suffer pain/distress or a low quality of life.

Products can be sold at a higher price.

Question 6

What are the costs of free range farming?

Answer 6

Increased costs.

Labour intensive.

Question 7

What are the behavioural indicators of poor animal welfare?

Answer 7

Stereotype behaviour

Misdirected behaviour

Failure in sexual/parental behaviour

Altered levels of activity

Question 8

What is stereotype behaviour?

Answer 8

Repetitive movements that lack variation e.g. continuous chewing movements, pacing back and forth.

Reduced when environment is enriched.

Question 9

What is misdirected behaviour?

Answer 9

Inappropriate behaviour towards themselves, other animals or surroundings e.g. excessive grooming/chewing themselves, chickens pecking each other, chewing other objects in environment.

Reduced when environment is enriched.

Question 10

What is failure in sexual/parental behaviour?

Answer 10

Cannot reproduce or reject their young.

This is overcome by social contact with members of their own species in a spacious environment.

Question 11

What is altered levels of activity?

Answer 11

Hysteria (hight level of activity)

Apathy (low level of activity)

Reduced when environment is enriched.