Gourt > Regional > North America > United States > Florida > Metro Areas > Tampa Bay Area > Society and Culture > Animal Welfare
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 ]
Florida HospitalsPhysicians in Florida
Animals :: Business and Economy
Alley Cat Rescue - Non-profit organization dedicated to the forgotten felines of Sarasota and Manatee counties. Information on adoption, feral cats, volunteering, sponsorship, and donations.
Meta Description: [ Caring for the fogotten felines of Florida's Manatee & Sarasota counties. ]
Greyhound Rescue and Adoptions of Tampa Bay - Non-profit organization dedicated to the rescue and adoption of former racing greyhounds. Newsletter, adoption form, membership information and events schedule,
Meta Description: [ GREAT is a non-profit organization dedicated to
rescuing and the adoption of former racing greyhounds in Tampa, Clearwater, St. Petersburg, Lakeland, Brandon, and other cities in Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco and Polk counties ]
Tampa Bay GSD Rescue - Rescue and rehoming of neglected, abused, and homeless dogs. Photographs and profiles of available dogs, adoption policy, and links.
Meta Description: [ Tampa Bay German Shepherd Rescue, Florida GSD Rescue ]
| Eva Lis - Parade of the Denizens | |
| Next Video | |
