Animal Welfare- Refers to Well Being Of Animals Flashcards
Refers to well-being of animals
Animal welfare
Needs of animal welfare
Life sustaining
Health sustaining
Comfort sustaining
5 freedoms of animal welfare
- Freedom from hunger and thirst
- Freedom from discomfort
- Freedom from pain, injury or disease
- Freedom to express normal behavior
- Freedom from fear and distress
Importance of animal welfare
- Ethical Responsibility
- Social and Psychological Benefits
- Environmental Impact
- Economic Benefits
Ethical Responsibility
- Moral Consideration
- Human Treatment
Social and Psychological Benefits
- Human-Animal Bond
- Public expectations
Environmental Impact
- Ecosystem
- Biodiversity
Historical Perspective on Animal Welfare
- Culture
- Philosophy
- Scientific
- Legal Development
5 freedoms originated from the UK
1965
Sentience is more than local sensation
Sentience
is the capacity to have feelings and to experience suffering and pleasure.
Sentience
One or more bad feelings continuing for more than a short period.
• To suffer, an animal must be sentient.
Suffering
• Anthropomorphism is generally criticised. Anthropomorphism is generally seen as a bad thing by scientists
Anthropomorphism
People disagree about whether it is right for humans to kill animals
Welfare and death
3 areas to be considered when assessing animal welfare
- Physical Factor
- The animals mental state
- Aspect of naturalness
means how an animal is coping with the conditions in which it lives”
Animal Welfare
Brambell Report, published in the UK in
1965
Today, countries worldwide agree that animal welfare is important, and animal welfare science is an established scientific discipline. In addition to the many government research departments
In the 21st century
welfare.
The UK’s Farm Animal Welfare Council proposed the Five Freedoms in 1992, using the recommendations from an earlier government inquiry known as the
Brambell Committee (1965).
There are two important concepts applied to the adaptive process
homeostasis and allostasis
This steady internal state that is necessary for the basic processes of life is called
homeostasis
literally means ‘other state’
Allostasis
The state is being equal specifically in status rights and opportunities
Equality
Animals are open confine in the stressful environment
Animal Agriculture
