2. 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
3. ANIMAL WELFARE
• Animal welfare means how an animal is coping with
the conditions in which it lives
• An animalin 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
4. ANIMAL WELFARE
• Good AW requires disease prevention and veterinary
treatment, appropriate shelter, management,
nutrition, humane handling and humane slaughter
and killing
5. 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
12. 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…
?
13. ARE ANIMALS MORAL AGENTS?
• Moral agent
– Responsible for own actions
– Deciding whether an action is right or wrong
– Altruism and protection of the vulnerable
