Lecture 1 - Intro

Question 1

What is meant by ‘animal welfare’

Answer 1

Animal is healthy, comfortable, well nourished, safe, able to express innate behaviour, is not suffering from unpleasant states such as fear, stress (OIE)

Health, emotions, natural living

Question 2

What is animal welfare vs well-being

Answer 2

Welfare: measurable quality of a living animal at a certain time (scientific concept)
Well-being: ethical concern, not scientific concept

Question 3

What are the schools of animal welfare

Answer 3

Mental, physical, naturalness

Question 4

Who wrote animal machines

Answer 4

Ruth Harrison

Question 5

How did animal machines influence society

Answer 5

People care about the conditions in which animals raised for food are kept
Beginning of new discipline: animal welfare science

Question 6

What are the five freedoms

Answer 6

1. Freedom from hunger, thirst and malnutrition
2. Freedom from physical and thermal discomfort
3. Freedom from pain, injury and disease
4. Freedom from fear and distress
5. Freedom to express normal behaviour