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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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Carolina Wildlife Care - Non-profit organization dedicated to rehabilitation and release of orphaned and injured wildlife animals. Rescue guidelines, photograph gallery, membership form, and news.
International Primate Protection League - Sanctuary providing alerts, newsletter archives, membership applications, and profiles of rescued animals. Located in Summerville.
Meta Description: [ SINCE 1973: WORKING TO PROTECT ALL LIVING PRIMATES ]
Palmetto Equine Awareness and Rescue League - Non-profit, volunteer organization working to protect abused and neglected horses; includes profile, links, board members, and goals and objectives.
Providing Equine Education and Rescue - Non-profit group organization to educate owners in the care of horses, mules, and donkeys. Articles on farriers, veterinarians, equine dentistry, and arthritis, adoption procedure, and news. Located in Moncks Corner.
South Carolina Awareness and Rescue for Equines - State-wide non-profit organization assisting horses in need. Provides calendar of educational workshops and fundraising events, pictures of horses available for foster or adoption, application forms, and wish list.
The Fund for Animals: Rabbit Sanctuary - Information about the sanctuary located in Simpsonville.
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