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

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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.

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RT @EppoNuman: Please sign the petition for a "Universal Delaration on Animal Welfare" - go to www.soloflyer.com - THANK YOU :))
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bktandem (BK) Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:02:59 -0000
Philadelphia Eagles finally meeting with animal welfare groups. That's a start. http://bit.ly/rfQN3
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Eagles Meet With Animal Welfare Groups http://bit.ly/KtJQr
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epponuman (Eppo Harbrink Numan) Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:57:24 -0000
Planning the first flight around the world in a Powered Paraglider, aimed at promoting Animal Welfare & Green Solutions - www.soloflyer.
Please sign the petition for a "Universal Delaration on Animal Welfare" - go to www.soloflyer.com - THANK YOU :))
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Please sign the petition for a "Universal Delaration on Animal Welfare" - go to www.soloflyer.com - THANK YOU :))

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