ANIMAL WELFARE U3

Question 1

Compare the costs, benefits and ethics of providing different levels of animal welfare

Answer 1

Intensive farming
-Less ethical due to poorer animal welfare.
-Cost effective
-Generates higher profit as costs are low

Free-range farming
-Requires more land
-More labour intensive

Question 2

Describe the behavioural indicators of poor animal welfare

Answer 2

The behavioural indicators of poor animal welfare are:

Stereotypy – animals pacing back and forth

Misdirected behaviour – pigs constant chewing and chewing on metal bars.

Failure in sexual or parental behaviour – don’t reproduce at all or show no interest in the young.

Altered levels of activity – Histeria or apathy.