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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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Department of Agriculture: Animal Health and Welfare - Portal of resources, legislation and news regarding animal welfare, health, laboratory services, exhibition requirements, state achievements, and links.
IAMRA - Illinois Alaskan Malamute Rescue Association - Non-profit organization with available dogs, online adoption application, volunteer opportunities, sponsorship opportunities, breed information, immediate contact information.
Nuzzled Network, The - Promotes awareness of animal issues by responding to violence and cruelty against animals, working to strengthen and enforce animal related laws, educating the public about the issues.
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