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Animal welfare is the viewpoint that animals, especially those under human care, should not suffer unnecessarily, including where the animals are used for food, work, companionship, or research. This position usually focuses on the morality of human action (or inaction), as opposed to making deeper political or philosophical claims about the status of animals, as is the case for an animal rights viewpoint. For this reason animal welfare organizations may use the word humane in their title or position statements.
History of animal welfare
Systematic concern for the well-being of other animals probably first arose as a system of thought in the Indus Valley Civilization as the religious belief that ancestors return in animal form, and that animals must therefore be treated with the respect due to a human. This belief is exemplified in the existing religion, Jainism, and in varieties of other Dharmic religions. Other religions, especially those with roots in the Abrahamic religion, treat animals as the property of their owners, codifying rules for their care and slaughter premised mainly on hygiene concerns for humans.
Welfare in practice
As in the case of animal rights, the secular forms taken by animal welfare concerns, policies and action have each been pioneered in the UK, where an early industrial revolution first created the modern separation between popular experience and animal husbandry, opening a space for popular sentimentality towards animals. More on [ Animal welfare ]
Animal Welfare :: Society and Culture
Hoy 'overwhelmed' by Scots return
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:58:38 -0000
Triple gold medallist Chris Hoy says he is "overwhelmed" by the reception since his return to Scotland.
'Suicide' case GP keeps practice
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:46:24 -0000
A Glasgow GP who gave sleeping pills to a suicidal patient will be allowed to retain his practice, health bosses rule.
Study reveals teen self-harm rate
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:00:45 -0000
A study suggests that up to 14% of 15 and 16-year-olds across central Scotland have self-harmed.
Call for domestic abuse database
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:42:18 -0000
An official report recommends the setting up of a national database to combat domestic abuse.
Health board lost patients' data
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:38:56 -0000
A health board tightens its security after the loss of "non-identifiable" patient data on two memory sticks.
Scottish house sales drop by 20%
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:56:03 -0000
The volume of house sales in Scotland has fallen by almost 20%, according to official figures.
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