Transcript Animal Welfare vs. Animal Rights

Animal Welfare
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It is a human responsibility that
encompasses all aspects of animal wellbeing, including proper housing,
management, disease prevention and
treatment, responsible care, humane
handling, and when necessary humane
euthanasia
“Humans have the ethical obligation to
care for animals”
Animal Welfare
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Seek to improve the treatment and well
being of animals
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Humans can interact with animals in
entertainment industry
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Support animal sports
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Utilize scientific evidence to base animal
care and handling guidelines
Animal Welfare
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Support raising and using animals
humanely for food, fiber, labor, and
medical research
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Manages animal populations by hunting
Animal Rights
Philosophical view that animals have
rights similar or the same as humans
 Some believe that humans do not have
the right to use animals
 Wish to ban all use of animals by
humans
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“Animals are not ours to eat, wear,
experiment on, etc.”
Animal Rights
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Abolish by law animal research
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Make vegetarian meals available at all
public institutions, including schools
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Eliminate animal agriculture
Animal Rights
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Outlaws predator control
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Eliminate fur ranching
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Prohibit hunting and fishing
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End international trade of wildlife goods
Animal
Rights
Animal
Welfare
Animal
Liberation
Animal
Rights
Animal
Welfare
Animal
Exploitation
Animal Liberation
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Animal Equality
“NO difference between humans and nonhuman animals”
Animal Exploitation
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No regard for health, safety or welfare of
the animal
“Animals are here to serve the needs of
humans”
Has there been a
society shift among this
spectrum?
Society Shift
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Anthropomorphism
 Assigning human emotions and motivations
to the actions of animals
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Approximately 70% of pet owners
consider their pets as family members
Issues facing Animal Agriculture
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Approximately 400 animal rights
organizations operating in the US
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Many of them have a lot of money and
power
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Animal law is the #1 growing area of law
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Farm Animal Ag is the #1 target of many
animal rights organizations
Issues facing Animal Agriculture
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Activists like the media
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1100 criminal acts causing $110 million
of damage to the industry
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Food industry is a prime target for
terrorist attacks
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Some groups buy stock in ag related
and food companies
“Arson, property destruction,
burglary and theft are
‘acceptable crimes’ when used
for the animal cause.”
-PETA Director
“People are not YET
making buying
decisions based on
animal welfare”
American Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
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ASPCA is the oldest humane organization in
the United States.
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Their mission is "to provide effective means for
the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout
the United States".
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Primarily works with companion animal issues,
such as pet care and animal cruelty and
neglect
http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer
Animal Chaplains
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Services offered:
 Pet loss grief support
 Animal memorial services
 Praying for animals who are sick or injured
 Comforting bereaved family members
 Holding hands of owners during surgery
 Performing animal blessing ceremonies
Animal Chaplains
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No legal standards for training
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Usually services are free of charge
http://www.animalclergy.com/
Animal Protection Institute
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A national, non profit animal advocacy
organization
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Advocate for the protection of animals from
cruelty and exploitation. “Saving Animals is
Our Reason for Being”
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Primary Campaign issues :
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Animals used in entertainment
Captive exotic animals
Companion animals
Farmed animals
Wildlife protection
API Cont.
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Achieve significant results working with
state and local legislatures
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Passed laws concerning private
possession of exotic animals.
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Operate an Primate Sanctuary in Dilley, TX
http://www.api4animals.org/
Animal Welfare Institute
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Charitable organization founded with the
goal of “reducing pain and fear inflicted on
animals by humans.”
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Major area of emphasis is factory farms.
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AWI speaks out against the “cruelty” and
promotes small, humane, independent
family farms that follow the organizations
standards.
AWI cont.
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Only family farms can earn the Animal
Welfare Approved (AWA) seal.
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Welfare of farmed animals is related to the
extent to which they can adapt without
suffering to environments designed by
humans.
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Standards are based on the Five
Freedoms.
AWI cont.
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Five Freedoms:
 Freedom from hunger, thirst, and
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malnutrition
Freedom from physical and thermal
discomfort
Freedom from pain, injury, and disease
Freedom to express normal behavior
Freedom from fear and distress
http://www.awionline.org/
Christian Vegetarian Association
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International, non-denominational
Christian ministry
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Promotes responsible stewardship of
God’s creation through plan-based
eating.
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Biblically based Christian perspective
that sees dietary choice as a valid way
to bear witness
Christian Humanist and
Rationalists (CHR-IST)
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Unique family of independent
international progressive ministries
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“integrating skepticism with theory”
Compassion in World Farming
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European based animal welfare charitable
organization.
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Founded by a dairy farmer in response to the
growth in factory farming.
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Campaigns against the live export of animals,
inhumane slaughter, and systems of factory
farming
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Promotes organic and free range animal
produce, vegetarianism, general reduction in
consumption of meat as ways to reduce
animal suffering
http://www.ciwf.org/
Humane Society of the
United States
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Washington, DC based animal welfare
advocacy group
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Largest animal welfare group in the
world
 Nearly 10 million members
 Budget of $103 million
HSUS cont.
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HSUS aims are to:
 Reduce the over-breeding of cats and dogs
 Halt the suffering and death of animals for fur
trade.
 End the killing of marine mammals for
commercial, sport, ceremonial, or management.
 Reform and eliminate cruelty and abuse in the
raising, transporting, marketing, and slaughter of
animals used for food
 Outlaw dog, cock, and bull fighting
HSUS cont.
http://www.hsus.org/
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Promote biomedical research methods
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Protect endangered wildlife and marine mammals
and their habitat
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End the cruelty, brutality, and suffering caused by
commercial and recreational hunting and trapping.
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Halt destructive international trade in wildlife
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Stop abuse of animals trained for or used in movies,
TV, circus, and other entertainment
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Many more…
League Against Cruel Sports
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Animal welfare organization that campaigns against
blood sports. (fox hunting and hare coursing)
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Seeks regulation of greyhound racing and an END to
commercial game shooting and trophy hunting.
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A number of members and high ranks within the
organization defected to the pro-hunting and “Middle
Way” side of the argument.
http://www.league.org.uk/
Animal Liberty
Dedicated to the preservation of animal
rights
 Comprehensive statement:
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 We the non-human beings of Earth, as that
you treat us with dignity. Remember you are
animals as we are, our desires are no
different than your own.
 We seek life, happiness and freedom from
fear just as you do.
 Help us not to over procreate, we cannot do
this ourselves; it is part of your stewardship.
Animal Liberation Front
Beagles removed by British ALF activists from a testing
laboratory owned by the Boots Group. The ALF action
ended with Boots deciding to sell the lab. Linda McCartney
bought the remaining beagles from the company for
£8,000[1] and found homes for them.
ALF cont.
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ALF is a name used internationally by
animal liberation activists who engage in
direct action on behalf of animals.
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“Any direct action that furthers the cause
of animal liberation, where all
reasonable precautions are take not to
endanger life, may be claimed as ALF
action”
ALF ‘s Aims
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To inflict economic damage on those who profit from the
misery and exploitation of animals
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To liberate animals from places of abuse. ie. Labs,
factory farms, fur farms
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To reveal the horror and atrocities committed against
animals behind locked doors.
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To take all necessary precautions against harming any
animal, human and non-human
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Any group of people who are vegetarians or vegans and
who carry out actions according to Alf guidelines have the
right to regard themselves as part of the ALF
We consume the
carcasses of creatures of
like appetites, passions
and organs with our own,
and fill the slaughterhouses
daily with screams of fear
and pain.
You know, we all oppose animal
cruelty. But sometimes we forget
that animals on farms suffer and
feel pain like all other animals.
They, too, deserve to be protected
from harm and cruelty.
I sometimes think, would I drink
the milk from the breast of a
woman I don't know? No. So I
think, why would I drink it from a
cow.
All the
arguments to
prove man's
superiority can
not shatter this
hard fact: In
suffering, the
animals are our
equals.
ALF cont.
The aftermath of an ALF
attack on Cherryfield Ltd,
a pork producer in
Croydon, near London.
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Considers itself as the modern-day
equivalent of the Underground Railroad,
with activists removing animals from labs
and farms.
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Operate clandestinely and independently;
activists working on a need-to-know basis.
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In January 2005 the United States
Department of Homeland Security names
ALF as a terrorist threat
Consumer Freedom
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http://consumerfreedom.com/
Assignment
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Find 5 other organizations and
determine where they fit on the “welfarerights” spectrum
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Briefly discuss the principles of the
organizations you chose
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Due Thursday September 6th