ANSC 1210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Ethology, Gestation Crate, Snowmobile
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I would say that canada is fairly far advanced. A general league table of geographical areas arranged according to the importance they attach to animal welfare, might look like this:- It should not just be a matter of personal opinion. We need some sort of evidence to make such statements. I suggest that the following questions should be asked:- But we must be very careful not to impute national stereotypes : Making a remark like the spanish are animal haters because the spanish engage in bullfighting is akin to racial profiling. There has been much debate about the differences in attitude towards animals within western europe. The northern european countries of norway, sweden, finland, denmark, u. k. , eire, netherlands, Germany, switzerland, austria, czechia and slovakia are generally very pro-welfare. European countries of france, spain, portugal, italy and greece are generally not so interested in animal welfare.