Animal Rights Vs Animal Welfare

Animal Rights vs.
Animal Welfare
Main Idea…
• What is the difference between animal
rights and animal welfare?
Animal Rights
• To end all human "exploitation" of animals -
this includes, but is not limited to, raising
and slaughtering of livestock for human or
animal consumption, eating meat, hunting,
using animals for any medical or veterinary
research, zoos (regardless of how well
managed), circuses, rodeos, horseshows,
dogshows, animals performing in TV
commercials, shows or movies (regardless
of how well treated any of the above are),
guide-dogs for the blind, police dogs, search
& rescue dogs, and the practice of owning pets.
• Organizations: PETA (People For The Ethical
Treatment Of Animals)
Animal Welfare
• To prevent suffering and cruelty to animals. And to provide care and good homes
for pets in need. This often includes, but is not limited to, the funding
and running of animal shelters (to provide a sanctuary for abandoned, abused,
homeless, or unwanted pets, and to place them in good homes where possible,
provide painless euthanasia for those that cannot be adopted, and to educate the
public about the need for spaying/neutering their pets to prevent more
surplus animals ending up in shelters), enforcement of anti-cruelty statutes
(where their authority permits),nitiating, lobbying for, and monitoring
enforcement
of legislation to ensure more humane standards of care for livestock, laboratory
animals, performing animals, and pets
• ASPCA (American Society For The
Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals)
• MSPCA (MA Society For The Prevention
Of Cruelty To Animals)
• NAIA (The National Animal Interest Alliance)
http://www.naiaonline.org/aboutus.htm
(at present there is a controversy regarding 2 of
the 20+ persons on their board of directors who
represent the "pet industry." Upon review of the
facts, I cautiously endorse NAIA. To decide for
yourself, please click on link below)
http://www.angelfire.com/vt2/rutland/NAIAcontroversy.html
• Farm animal treatment is a public concern,
however,
– Fewer Americans have lived on a farm
– Most people don’t know what farm animals are
like
– Farm animals are not pets
– Farm animals are not characters in the books
and movies we see
Agriculture is changing too…
• Confining animals to crates or pens is more
common but in more humane ways
– Hogs used to be stacked on top of one another…
the top hog would be fed quality grains while
the hogs below would feast of the breakdown of
the above animals
• cat with implanted electrodes. Cats are popular subjects of
neurophysiology experiments because vivisectors think that their
brain has similarities with the human brain.
Some People ask..
• Is confinement more efficient use of
resources or is it cruel and stressful?
• Should scientist be tinkering with animals
or are they simply improving them?
• Should these and other practices be
regulated by law?
• The American Veterinary Medical Association
Policy on Animal Welfare and Animal Rights
describes animal welfare as:
• "... a human responsibility that encompasses all
aspects of animal well-being, including proper
housing, management, nutrition, disease
prevention and treatment, responsible care,
humane handling, and, when necessary, humane
euthanasia."
Practical arguments
• Animal testing has helped to develop
vaccines against diseases like rabies, polio,
measles, mumps, rubella and TB.
• Antibiotics, HIV drugs, insulin and cancer
treatments rely on animal tests. Other
testing methods aren't advanced enough.
• Operations on animals helped to develop
organ transplant and open-heart surgery
techniques
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/teachers/citizenship_11_14/subject_areas/human_rights/newsid_3430000/3430169.stm
Ethical Arguments
• Human life has greater intrinsic value than
animal life.
• Legislation protects all lab animals from
cruelty or mistreatment.
• Millions of animals are killed for food every
year - if anything, medical research is a
more worthy death.
• Few animals feel any pain as they are killed
before they have the chance to suffer.
From the lab at Oxford University…
• Advanced made from the scientific research
conducted at Oxford include the discovery of
penicillin, treatments for hemophilia and
childhood leukemia, and the development and
trials of vaccines for meningitis in children.
Oxford has helped contribute to our
understanding of heart disease, cancer, bird flu,
infectious diseases and numerous other illnesses.
And if we are able to continue our research with
animals, we can help find cures for these illnesses.
Animal Welfare
• Encourages proper care
• Humane treatment
• Reduce stress to maintain profits
• Humans have more rights than animals
Animal Rights
• Goes beyond welfare
• Animals have rights equal to humans
• Animals should not be used for food,
clothing, research, etc…
Other topics of Discussion…
• Rodeos
• Hunting
– http://sun.menloschool.org/~sportman/ethics/
project/topics/wessler/
What do you think?

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