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Animal transport / production What ethical issues arise ?

Animal transport / production What ethical issues arise ?. Uno Wennergren Professor of Theoretical Biology Linköping University. Project background. Spread of disease - between farms Swedish Civil Contingenies Agency Department of Homeland Security (USA)

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Animal transport / production What ethical issues arise ?

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  1. Animal transport / productionWhatethicalissuesarise? Uno Wennergren Professor of Theoretical Biology Linköping University

  2. Project background • Spread of disease - between farms • Swedish Civil Contingenies Agency • Department of HomelandSecurity (USA) • Animal welfare - transport and routeplanning • Between farms and from farms to slaughterhouses • Swedish Animal Welfare Agency • Swedish Board of Agriculture • Animal welfare –productionssystems in a lifehistoryperspective • Swedish Research Council FORMAS

  3. outline • General ethicalconsideration • Background: Animal production systems - examples • Itsunits and complexity • Background: Swedish farms and slaughterhouses – transports • Whatethicalissuesarise • Animal Transport Perspective • Life history Perspective

  4. General ethicalconsideration • Animal production systems • A carnivore or a herbivore? • Given that humans are carnivores /eatmeat/, what are the ethicalconsiderations? • Given that humans eat a reasonableamount of meat, a sustainableamount. • What are the ethicalissues given animal production systems?

  5. Background:Animal production systems – examples. Itsunits and complexity

  6. Production systems • Raised under different conditionsbeforeslaughter • Often at different locations • Transportedbetween different locations

  7. Conflicts - considerations • Conditionsduringraising and transport • Effectiveness (reducecost) vs animal welfare • How to measureeffectiveness • Whatcomponents are we as humans in charge of? • How to measure animal welfare • Not intodetail – related to naturalbehaviour and stress/physiologicalresponses

  8. How to measureeffectivenessWhatcomponents are we as humans in charge of? • Animal Production Systems • Raising to slaughter • units • Reproductiveunits • Breedingcows, egglaying hen, sows, etc • Productiveunits • Milk • Egg • Slaughterhouses • Transports

  9. What are we humans in charge of? Animal Production Systems Changeables/In charge of Treating/rearingconditions at eachunit Unitsize Unit position Unitspecialization Transport conditions Transport route (betweenwhatunits) Time at eachunit • Raising to slaughter • units • Reproductiveunits • Breedingcows, egglaying hen, sows, etc • Productiveunits • Milk • Egg • Slaughterhouses • Transports

  10. Ethicalconsideration–tradeoffbetweeneffectiveness and animal welfare Effectiveness at whatlevel Condition in a unit/transport Choice of Individual Specialization Choice of whole system Regional/national/international level Unit position Choice of whole system Regional/national/international level Transport route Choice of whole system Regional/national/international level Time at eachunit Choice of whole system Regional/national/international level Changeables/In charge of • Treating/rearingconditions at eachunit • Unitsize • Unit position • Unitspecialization • Transport conditions • Transport route (betweenwhatunits) • Time at eachunit

  11. Ethicalconsiderations at whatlevel?Whatregulations are needed? Regulations on: Conditionswhenrearing/tranporting animals. What kind of rearing, production system is allowed. At a given premisewhatrearing is allowed To whatotherunitsmay you sell/transport When are unitssending and delivering (day and seasonperspective) Effectiveness at whatlevel Condition in a unit/transport Choice of Individual Specialization Choice of whole system Regional/national/international level Unit position Choice of whole system Regional/national/international level Transport route Choice of whole system Regional/national/international level Time at eachunit Choice of whole system Regional/national/international level

  12. Ethicalissues – conflicts • New conflictsarisewhenmeans for new regulationsarise. • New knowledge new methods • new ethicalissues in society and as individual • Regulation to improve animal welfare • effect on an individuals freedom to • handle his/her property/animals • owe property and animals • Economics-profit • Possible to optimize at regional/national/international level

  13. ExamplesBesidesrearingetcconditions • A farmer may not decideher/himselfwhat and howmany animals to keep. Besideshow to rear/keepthem. • A slaughterhousemay not decidewhere to be established and what animals to slaughter • A transporter may not decidewhen (during the day and season) to work and betweenwhtpremises to transport

  14. General reflection • Knowledge and new methodlogycreates new ethicalissues in society and at individuallevel • Mostprobablythese new issuesenters in the domainwereindividual vs societalvalues are in conflict • Are we as society and individualsprepared for this new conflict arena? Life history perspective Production system perspective Spatial perspective Temporal perspective Computersgenerates new knowledge and methodology

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