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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
#Twilight Star Asks fans to help with Animal welfare http://tr.im/zDQn #pets #dogs
TVreality (JJ &D) Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:59:24 -0000
#Twilight Star Asks fans to help with Animal welfare http://tr.im/zDQn #pets #dogs
#Twilight Star Asks fasn to help with Animal welfare http://tr.im/zDQn #pets #dogs
CelebrityBEE (how2writers) Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:58:03 -0000
#Twilight Star Asks fasn to help with Animal welfare http://tr.im/zDQn #pets #dogs
#Twilight Star Asks fasn to help with Animal welfare http://tr.im/zDQn #pets #dogs
jodijill (JodiJill) Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:48:16 -0000
#Twilight Star Asks fasn to help with Animal welfare http://tr.im/zDQn #pets #dogs
A Twilight Star Takes a Stand on Animal Welfare http://tinyurl.com/yc7ash
iSaveSmart (Newsstand Network) Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:47:06 -0000
A Twilight Star Takes a Stand on Animal Welfare http://tinyurl.com/yc7ash
Help create a world where animal welfare matters and animal cruelty ends. http://bit.ly/zqUnF at Oprecio Shops http://bit.ly/ARyFG
Oprecio (Oprecio_Team) Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:42:32 -0000
Help create a world where animal welfare matters and animal cruelty ends. http://bit.ly/zqUnF at Oprecio Shops http://bit.ly/ARyFG
Feedzilla Celeb News A 'Twilight Star' Takes a Stand on Animal Welfare (source: ET Online):.. http://buzzup.com/dj8v
FeedzillaCeleb (Celebrity News) Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:35:01 -0000
Feedzilla Celeb News A 'Twilight Star' Takes a Stand on Animal Welfare (source: ET Online):.. http://buzzup.com/dj8v
South Second Time Around Aussie Rescue - Contains photos and descriptions of available dogs, adoption policy, and contact information. Serves North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Tennessee.
Southern States Rottweiler Rescue - Rescues Rottweiler dogs and offers them for adoption. Includes photos of available dogs, volunteer information, success stories, recommended reading, and adoption application.
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