Module 01 Flashcards
What are the approaches to animal welfare
Welfare science
Welfare ethics
Welfare law
What is welfare science
measures the effect on animals of different situations and environments,
What is welfare ethics?
concerns how humans should treat animals. It deals with the morality of human action
What is Welfare law
concerns how humans must treat animals, it is mandatory and may entail penalty for infraction.
Three animal welfare concepts
Physical mental and naturalness
3 welfare Definitions
Physical status (fitness)
Mental Status (feelings)
Naturalness (telos)
At this biological indicator and including reproduction and production
Physical status
Positive and negative emotional states
Mental status (feelings)
Not only welfare mean control pain and suffering
Naturalness (telos)
What are the 5 freedoms
- freedom from hunger and thirst
- Freedom from discomfort
- Freedom from pain, injury and disease
- Freedom to express normal behaviour
- Freedom from fear and distress
Welfare vs death
Wel concerns the quality of animal life
Death affects the quantity of animal life
What is anthromorphism
Attribution of human characteristics or behavior to animals also, humans are animals with similar biology