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ANIMAL WELFARE
4th year DVM STUDENTS
OBJECTIVES
• Introduce the meaning of animal welfare and how it is done
• Discuss the importance of animal welfare• Show the proper care and management of
animals based on their needs• Show the safe way of dealing with animals
ANIMAL WELFARE
• Animal welfare means how an animal is coping with the conditions in which it lives
• An animal in good state of welfare is – healthy, well nourished – Comfortable, safe– not suffering from unpleasant state such as pain,
fear, and distress– able to express natural behavior
ANIMAL WELFARE
• Good AW requires disease prevention and veterinary treatment, appropriate shelter, management, nutrition, humane handling and humane slaughter and killing
FIVE FREEDOMS
Use to assess welfare
• Freedom from hunger and thirst• Freedom from discomfort• Freedom from pain, injury and disease• Freedom from fear and distress• Freedom to express normal behavior
Farm Animal Welfare Council, 1992
FREEDOM FROM HUNGER AND THIRST
FREEDOM FROM DISCOMFORT
FREEDOM FROM PAIN, INJURY AND DISEASE
FREEDOM FROM PAIN, INJURY AND DISEASE
FREEDOM FROM PAIN AND DISTRESS
FREEDOM TO EXPRESS THEIR NATURAL BEHAVIOUR
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO CARE ABOUT
ANIMALS
ANIMALS HAVE FEELINGS
• ‘Sentience’ is the capacity to have feelings
• These feelings are mental states such as sensations or emotions
…if a dog is sentient…
…and a plant is not…then what about…
?
ARE ANIMALS MORAL AGENTS?• Moral agent
– Responsible for own actions– Deciding whether an action is right or wrong– Altruism and protection of the vulnerable
ARE ANIMALS MORAL AGENTS?
Happy Dog
Frightened Dog
Aggressive Dog
Thank you for listening!
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