Chapter 4 Animal Rights and Animal Welfare

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Chapter 4 Animal Rights and Animal Welfare
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Student Learning Objectives

• Identify ethics involved with animal production.
• Discuss animal welfare and animal rights issues.
• Identify important persons in the animals rights
  movement.
• Debate the issues concerning animal rights and
  welfare.
• Identify important dates and acts of legislation
  associated with animal welfare.
• Describe animals used for genetic engineering and
  biotechnology.

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Terms

• Animal rights
• Animal welfare
• Biotechnology
• Confinement systems
• Ecoterriousm
• Factory farming
• Humanize
• Intensive operations
• Specieism
• Unethical
• vivisection
• Cloning
• Ethics
• Genetic engineering

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History page 32

• Animal rights
• is the belief that animals have the same right
  to life and liberty as humans.
• Animals should not be exploited
• Animals should not be used for food, clothing,
  research, entertainment, etc.
• Vegetarian Vs. Vegan
• Animal welfare
• is the belief that humans should provide animals
  with surroundings that meet their needs while
  under their control.
• Animals should be treated humanely (housing,
  nutrition, disease prevention, handling,
  slaughter, etc)
• Animals can be used for human purposes, but
  discomfort should be kept to a minimum

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History page 32

• Factory Farming industrialized production of
  livestock including poultry (egg and meat),
  swine, cattle (dairy and beef).
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vTStN_kRMnZY
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?v2XLrk0gTCiw
• Pro Con

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History

• First anticruelty law 1828 New york (page 33
• ASPCA American Society for the Prevention of
  Cruelty to Animals
• First humane society
• New York
• Henry Bergh
• Save horses and mules
• Animal Transportation Act 1906
• Humane Slaughter Act 1958 amended in 1970s
• Public Law 89-544 Laboratory Animal
• Welfare Act (AWA) 1966
• Horse Protection Act 1970

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Animal Welfare Act

• United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  is responsible for implementing regulations
• USDA sets standards for care, handling, housing,
  feeding, sanitation, ventilation, shelter,
  veterinary care
• Covers four categories
• 1. dog and cat breeders
• 2. zoo and circuses and roadside menageries
• 3. transportation of animals
• 4. research facilities

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Animal Rights Groups

• Animal Liberation Front (ALF)
• People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
  (PETA)
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vrEkc70ztOrc

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Current Issues Do Animals have rights? Page 35

• Ethics involve examination of moral issues to
  determine right from wrong when dealing with
  human character and conduct.
• Specieism the belief that any use of animals by
  human reflects a bias that humans are superior to
  animals
• To believe that animals have the same rights as
  humans is to humanize them.
• Most people do agree on the fact that animals
  should be raised free from pain and suffering.

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Current Issues in Animal Production

• Many practices that ensure the well-being of
  animals are not economically feasible to
  producers and consumers.
• Facilities are set up to be profitable to the
  owners.
• Many consumers are not willing to pay extra for
  meat that animal-friendly production facilities
  would bring.

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Current Issues in Animal Production

• Some major ethical issues involve the following
• Use of confinement and small living areas for
  animals.
• Withholding of medical attention to decrease
  production costs.
• Slaughter of animals in view of other animals.
• Selection of animals for rapid growth that can
  also have other medical problems because of it.

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Current issues in Animal Production

• Dehorning?
• Castration?
• De-beaking?
• Ear cropping?

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Large Chicken Farm
Sows in crates
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Should Animals Be Used for Food? Page 35
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Should Animals Be Used for Experimentation? Page
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Should Hunting and Trapping Be Allowed? Page 39
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What is the difference between animal rights and
animal welfare?

• Like any view, it is one that is made based on
  your knowledge and feelings about a situation.
• As the size of farms increases and the number of
  farmers decreases fewer and fewer people have the
  opportunity to see how animals are raised.

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What is the difference between animal rights and
animal welfare?

• The debate over what animals need has been long
  and is far from over.
• Basically freedom from the following stresses are
  the focus of discussions thirst, hunger,
  malnutrition, discomfort, pain, injury, disease,
  and mental suffering.

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What issues are involved with using animals for
genetic engineering andbiotechnology?

• Biotechnology is the application of biology to
  technology.
• Often, biotechnology uses living cells and
  components to research advances in technology.
• Many different processes are used and several
  debates stem from these uses.
• The research done is used to benefit both animals
  and humans.

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Genetic Engineering

• Genetic engineering is the movement of genes from
  one cell to another.
• Improvement of feeds and breeds are two benefits
  genetic engineering will bring.
• Manipulation of genetics has also brought about
  cloning of animals.

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Genetic Engineering

• Cloning is creating exact duplicates of plants
  and animals.
• Modification of animals has caused great
  controversy over moral and spiritual grounds.

Eight Cloned Cattle
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Genetic Engineering

• Many risks are involved with genetically
  engineering animals.
• Some risks include
• Loss of genetic diversity could arise
• Some modifications could have harmful
  consequences that will not be detected right away
• Not foreseeing economic effects that could
  disturb the economy
• Use of animals to carry pathogens and infect
  humans could occur

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Genetic Engineering andBiotechnology Continued

• Many precautions are being made to regulate
  genetic engineering.
• It is difficult to weigh advantages and
  disadvantages because this procedure has not been
  around for very long.

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Review / Summary

• Identify ethics involved with animal production.
• Discuss animal welfare and animal rights issues.
• Describe animals used for genetic engineering and
  biotechnology.