ANBI 411.3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Enquire, Five Freedoms, Responsible Care
20 Jun 2018
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Lecture 5: Introduction to Animal Welfare
Animal right view:
- animal production is unacceptable
- lobby for gradual or complete abolition of the use of animals
Animal welfare view:
- animal production is acceptable
- animals receive responsible care
- identify practices that promote health and quality of life
Welfare Continuum:
Timeline of the history:
1596: Rene Descrates “cogito ergo sum” which means “I think there fore I am”
- thought that animals are automatons, that they cannot think and therefore cannot feel
- believed that they could not have true feelings
1700`s: there were public dissections: observed similarities between humans and animals
- this is where the thought of evolution started
1800: Jeremy Bentham
- the right question is not “can they reason? Or can they talk? but “can they suffer?”
1800-1965: this was the first welfare movement
1965- Present: Second welfare movement
The First Welfare Movement
- generally, from ~1800- 1960
- moral arguments recognizing an obligation to treat animals humanely
othis was documented as far back as ancient Greece, 6th century B.C.
- there was development of animal welfare organizations
olimited to abuse, neglect and deprivation
obased on property laws, harm to owner
- legislation to address very basic standards
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- initially focused on addressing the abuse of animals and neglect
In 1776, Primatt made ”A Dissertation on the Duty of Mercy and Sin of Cruelty to Brute
Animals”
- once again focusing on the abuse of animals and neglect
1822, Richard Martin MP, piloted first anti-cruelty bill giving cattle, horses and sheep a degree
of protection through parliament.
- Took three tries to get this bill passed
- Was not taken seriously at first
1824: RSPCA was founded in London
- Was initially SPCA but then got Royal recognition
Early Legislation:
- Focused on anti-cruelty laws to stop abuse and neglect
- Looked at human slaughter which extended into the 1960`s where it was improved at
this time
- There were also transportation laws of the duration of transport for animals. It was
recognized as a big stresser to animals
Intensification of Animal Production:
-1950s onward- livestock production experienced wide scale changes, particularly
poultry, eggs, and pigs
- intensified production- based on post WW2 science & technology boom
oincreased scale of production and economic efficiency
olarger scale of animal production and a focus on increase the efficiency of
production
- new systems & technologies:
ogestation stalls and farrowing pens for sows
ocaged laying hens
ohigher stocking densities
oliquid manure systems
ouse of antibiotics in feed
- developments in nutrition:
oforaging and grain supplements
obalanced feedstuffs
energy, protein, minerals and vitamins
obalanced nutrients
natural and synthetic sources of nutrients: amino acids, energy, essential
fats, vitamins, and minerals
oindustrial by-products used to reduce costs
DDGS (distillers dried grain with solubes)
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