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Animal Welfare and Animal Rights. Presenter: Mr. Taylor Reading Assignment from: Modern Livestock and Poultry Production , 8 th Edition, pg 23-25. History: Animal Rights and Animal Welfare. Dates back to the ancient Greeks
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Animal Welfare and Animal Rights Presenter: Mr. Taylor Reading Assignment from: Modern Livestock and Poultry Production, 8th Edition, pg 23-25.
History: Animal Rights and Animal Welfare • Dates back to the ancient Greeks • Animists: believed that humans and animals shared and exchanged souls • Mechanists: believed that neither humans nor animals had souls • Vitalists: believed that animals had souls be were not as advanced as humans • Largest group: believed that animals existed on earth for the benefit and use of humans
Evolving History • As less humans were engaged in farming and directly caring for production animals, room for various groups of animal rights ideology formed.
Animal Welfare • Definition: • Supporters emphasize the humane treatment of animals, both in research and production agriculture • believe that animals can benefit humans • Some support and believe that animals are essential for food and medical research while some do not support animals for entertainment purposes.
Animal Rights • Views vary amongst these supporters • Some advocate for never using animals for use by humans • Some note that using animals for human purposes will not go away but advocate for stopping animal suffering • Moderate animal rights activists choose to influence legislation
Which practices are under attack by animal rights activists? • Using hormones, antibiotics, and additives in animal feeding • Caged laying hens • Producing calves in crates for veal • Raising swine in confinement and the use of farrowing creates for sows • Management practices such as castration, docking, debeaking, and dehorning
Other Activist Objections • Having pets in the home • Medical and scientific research (biotechnology) • Consuming animals’ flesh • Using animals skins • Using animal products for food • Hunting and trapping • Animal entertainment: zoos, carnivals, horse and dog racing, animal shows
Legislation Protecting Animals • Federal Humane Slaughter Act of 1958 • Requires federally inspected slaughter plants to comply with humane methods of slaughter • Animal Welfare Act (AWA) of 1966 • Addresses the sale, transportation, and handling of dogs and cats used in research institution • AWA 1970 amendments • Discusses circuses, zoos, sea life shows and exhibits, (Not included: wholesale pet trade, retail pet shops, game ranches, livestock shows, rodeos, state and county fairs, dog and cat shows) • AWA 1976 amendments • Discusses animal transportation in carriers, outlaws animal fighting exhibits (dogs and cock fights)
Legislation Protecting Animals • Horse Protection Act of 1970 (amended in 1976) • prohibits the soring of horses (chemical and mechanical irritants) • AWA 1985 amendments • Committees to oversee research facilities, states that dogs need to be walked and psychological well-being of nonhuman primates • Animal Enterprise Protection Act of 1992 • adds a sections to the federal criminal code to deal with vandalism and theft at animal research facilities and threats to research workers. • AWA amendment of 1993 • Prevents lost or stolen pets to be used in research, documents from dealers selling animals to research facilities and use of pound animals for research
Task at hand: • Where do you believe you stand on this issue? • Go to: http://padlet.com/wall/br6vngqimj • This link is also located in the lesson area of Unit 1 of our class web page.
