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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 ]
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Amended organic animal welfare recommendation passes.
OrganicConsumer (Organic Consumers) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:22:03 -0000
Amended organic animal welfare recommendation passes.
RT @animalag: American Humane Association (not HSUS!) celebrates passing of Issue 2 as way to improve animal welfare: http://bit.ly/1k98z0
chicknafoxhole (warrior2) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:13:18 -0000
RT @animalag: American Humane Association (not HSUS!) celebrates passing of Issue 2 as way to improve animal welfare: http://bit.ly/1k98z0
Organic Animal Welfare: Certifiers keep track of stocking densities.
OrganicConsumer (Organic Consumers) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:08:06 -0000
Organic Animal Welfare: Certifiers keep track of stocking densities.
.RT - Put your money where your heart is http://bit.ly/1kXdYv - First Paramotor flight around the world - aimed at promoting Animal Welfare
epponuman (Eppo Harbrink Numan) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:00:17 -0000
.RT - Put your money where your heart is http://bit.ly/1kXdYv - First Paramotor flight around the world - aimed at promoting Animal Welfare
Kevin & Barry's organic animal welfare amendment to limit milking to twice a day didn't even get a 2nd.
OrganicConsumer (Organic Consumers) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:00:01 -0000
Kevin & Barry's organic animal welfare amendment to limit milking to twice a day didn't even get a 2nd.
Kevin & Barry's organic animal welfare amendment to limit milking to twice a day didn't even get a second.
AlexisBadenMaye (Alexis Baden-Mayer) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:58:48 -0000
Kevin & Barry's organic animal welfare amendment to limit milking to twice a day didn't even get a second.
Connecticut Humane Society - Adoptable pets, animal protection, lost and found, information for pet owners, programs and services, volunteer program, calendar of events and links.
Friends of Animals - International, nonprofit membership organization working to protect animals from cruelty and abuse.
Meta Description: [ Friends of Animals is a non-profit, international animal advocacy organization, incorporated in the state of New York since 1957. Friends of Animals works to cultivate a respectful view of nonhuman animals, free-living and domestic. Our goal is to free animals from cruelty and institutionalized e... ]
Horse Environmental Awareness Program - Coalition of federal, state, and local agencies, organizations, and individuals interested in educating horse people on best management practices to protect the environment as well as the animals. Information includes Good Horsekeeping, pasture management, manure storage and other topic areas.
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