Explain The Animal Welfare Act
1-Explain the animal welfare act and what it covers.
The Animal Welfare Act 2006 was enacted in England and Wales in April 2007. It applies to ‘animals’, which are defined in the Act as a vertebrate other than man. It does not currently apply to invertebrates or to foetal or embryonic forms of animals.
The Act brings together and updates legislation to promote the welfare of vertebrate animals, and primarily relates to those that are owned or held captive.
Also, the Act makes owners and keepers of animals responsible for ensuring that the following basic needs of their animals are met:
• A suitable environment.
• Providing a suitable diet.
• To be able to exhibit normal behaviour patterns.
• To be housed with, or apart from, other animals. …show more content…
• To be protected from pain, injury, suffering, and disease.
The new law, which is based on the Protection of Animals of 1911, prevents unnecessary physical or mental suffering by allowing efforts to be made to prevent an animal from suffering in the future.
Other offences under the new Animal Welfare Act 2006 include:
• The 'mutilation of animals', such the tails, ear-pricking and claw removal (other than for good medical reasons or an animal undergoing veterinary treatments).
• The minimum age a person can buy an animal has increased from 12 to 16 years of age and prohibits animals to be sell to children under this age.
• Offences related to animal fighting.
In this Act, the penalties may vary, but anyone who is cruel to an animal may be fined up to £20,000 and a maximum jail term of 51 weeks. A police officer or a normal civilian can undertake a prosecution against an animal owner, this may happen up to three years after the illegal act ocurred. They are also allowed to ban a person from owning or keeping pets.
2-Discuss the five freedoms for animals and what they mean for those who care for them.
Animal welfare is considered a science whose research purpose is to study objectively and understand the needs of animals. Animal welfare includes the quality of life of an animal and the needs that define what conditions should be provided to them and must be evaluated from the following perspectives and …show more content…
conditions:
1. Physical functioning (Injury/illness).
2. Mental state (Hunger/thirst/discomfort/pain/fear/distress).
3. Natural behavior (behavior to express natural behavior).
The Five Freedoms are a measurement system commonly used to guarantee good levels of well-being. Animal welfare also has different components and The Five Freedoms offer a summary of the five main components.
• Freedom from hunger and thirst
• Freedom from discomfort
• Freedom from pain, injury, and illness
• Freedom to express normal behavior
• Freedom from fear and distress
Freedom from hunger and thirst
Continuous access to fresh water and a diet that maintains full health and vigor.
Ex: A dog that lives on a farm is provided with adequate concentrated feed twice a day and has access to fresh water all day.
Freedom of discomfort
An appropriate environment, including shelter and a comfortable rest area.
Eg: A piglet is provided with adequate space for raising and lactating their piglets.
Freedom from pain, injury, and illness Prevention of diseases or rapid diagnosis and treatment.
Ex: A horse with a deep wound in the back is attended after the incident by a veterinarian who sutures the wound and supplies him with medicines for infection and pain.
Freedom to express their natural behavior
Sufficient space, appropriate facilities, and the company of individuals of the same species.
Ex: Some chickens are located in a pen where they can interact with other chickens, groom their feathers and dig with their feet and spikes the grass.
Freedom from fear and distress
Conditions and treatment that avoid mental suffering.
Ex: A cat that lives in an apartment is isolated from a neighbor dog that barks at him permanently and tries to attack him.
The Five Freedoms are a measurement system commonly used to guarantee good levels of well-being. They provide a convenient list of aspects that are considered important for all animals. Freedom from hunger and thirst, from discomfort, from injury, pain or illness, from expressing a natural behavior and from fear and anguish represent an extremely useful checklist to identify situations that compromise the well-being of an animal that has the capacity to feel. That is some situation that causes fear, pain, injury, illness or unnatural behavior.
When you consider living with an animal, you must take into account the needs and expenses that you will need. An animal is not a disposable toy. Think seriously if you are determined and once the decision is made, never fail him.
3-Explain a number of different farming methods and their benefits.
Intensive farming In order to increase productivity, farms gradually introduced industrial methods to augment yield per unit of labour and per hectare. Intensive farming used various means based on technological and scientific innovations, such as phytosanitary products, selection of varieties, and genetic engineering, to improve the performance of soils, plants, and livestock.
This technique is also applied in supplying livestock. Under this, food is produced in large quantities with the help of chemical fertilizers and pesticides that are appropriately used to save such agricultural land from pests and crop diseases.
Unfortunately, the welfare of the animals can be compromised as livestock are kept in crowded conditions and are therefore unable to carry out their natural behaviour. Additionally, boredom can occasionally lead to aggression.
Products, such as eggs, meat, and other agricultural items that are easily available in many supermarkets today are produced using modern intensive farming methods.
Free range farming Is a method where the animals can roam freely outside for at least part of the day rather than being confined indoors for 24 hours a day. On many farms, the outdoor area is fenced, thereby technically making this an enclosure, however, free range systems do offer the opportunity for the animals to move around freely. Free range farming can apply to eggs, meat and dairy farming.
In ranching, free-range livestock is permitted to roam without being fenced in, as opposed to fenced-in pastures.
In many of the agriculture-based economies, free-range livestock is quite common.
Organic farming
Organic farming aims to meet the animal welfare needs and should, therefore, comply with the Five Freedoms. The first Freedom, from hunger and thirst, is met in any system properly managed to organic standards. The Freedom from thermal and physical discomfort is challenged as organic husbandry systems face more climatic extremes.
However, they provide more ‘control’ to the animal by offering a choice when seeking warmth os a cool place to lie. The Freedom from pain, injury, and disease is the most complicated one. Organic farming virtually bans mutilations such as tail docking, although some are still allowed and practised as the castration. Organic animals are, pre-exposed to wildlife and at risk of contracting infectious diseases. However, it is possible that organically managed animals are more resistant to illness. The Freedom to express normal behaviour is met through environmental enrichment and group housing. The Freedom from fear and distress is supported by extra space. In conclusion, if animal health can be maintained, organic farming is very well placed to provide good animal
welfare.
The Animal Welfare Act 2006 was enacted in England and Wales in April 2007. It applies to ‘animals’, which are defined in the Act as a vertebrate other than man. It does not currently apply to invertebrates or to foetal or embryonic forms of animals.
The Act brings together and updates legislation to promote the welfare of vertebrate animals, and primarily relates to those that are owned or held captive.
Also, the Act makes owners and keepers of animals responsible for ensuring that the following basic needs of their animals are met:
• A suitable environment.
• Providing a suitable diet.
• To be able to exhibit normal behaviour patterns.
• To be housed with, or apart from, other animals. …show more content…
• To be protected from pain, injury, suffering, and disease.
The new law, which is based on the Protection of Animals of 1911, prevents unnecessary physical or mental suffering by allowing efforts to be made to prevent an animal from suffering in the future.
Other offences under the new Animal Welfare Act 2006 include:
• The 'mutilation of animals', such the tails, ear-pricking and claw removal (other than for good medical reasons or an animal undergoing veterinary treatments).
• The minimum age a person can buy an animal has increased from 12 to 16 years of age and prohibits animals to be sell to children under this age.
• Offences related to animal fighting.
In this Act, the penalties may vary, but anyone who is cruel to an animal may be fined up to £20,000 and a maximum jail term of 51 weeks. A police officer or a normal civilian can undertake a prosecution against an animal owner, this may happen up to three years after the illegal act ocurred. They are also allowed to ban a person from owning or keeping pets.
2-Discuss the five freedoms for animals and what they mean for those who care for them.
Animal welfare is considered a science whose research purpose is to study objectively and understand the needs of animals. Animal welfare includes the quality of life of an animal and the needs that define what conditions should be provided to them and must be evaluated from the following perspectives and …show more content…
conditions:
1. Physical functioning (Injury/illness).
2. Mental state (Hunger/thirst/discomfort/pain/fear/distress).
3. Natural behavior (behavior to express natural behavior).
The Five Freedoms are a measurement system commonly used to guarantee good levels of well-being. Animal welfare also has different components and The Five Freedoms offer a summary of the five main components.
• Freedom from hunger and thirst
• Freedom from discomfort
• Freedom from pain, injury, and illness
• Freedom to express normal behavior
• Freedom from fear and distress
Freedom from hunger and thirst
Continuous access to fresh water and a diet that maintains full health and vigor.
Ex: A dog that lives on a farm is provided with adequate concentrated feed twice a day and has access to fresh water all day.
Freedom of discomfort
An appropriate environment, including shelter and a comfortable rest area.
Eg: A piglet is provided with adequate space for raising and lactating their piglets.
Freedom from pain, injury, and illness Prevention of diseases or rapid diagnosis and treatment.
Ex: A horse with a deep wound in the back is attended after the incident by a veterinarian who sutures the wound and supplies him with medicines for infection and pain.
Freedom to express their natural behavior
Sufficient space, appropriate facilities, and the company of individuals of the same species.
Ex: Some chickens are located in a pen where they can interact with other chickens, groom their feathers and dig with their feet and spikes the grass.
Freedom from fear and distress
Conditions and treatment that avoid mental suffering.
Ex: A cat that lives in an apartment is isolated from a neighbor dog that barks at him permanently and tries to attack him.
The Five Freedoms are a measurement system commonly used to guarantee good levels of well-being. They provide a convenient list of aspects that are considered important for all animals. Freedom from hunger and thirst, from discomfort, from injury, pain or illness, from expressing a natural behavior and from fear and anguish represent an extremely useful checklist to identify situations that compromise the well-being of an animal that has the capacity to feel. That is some situation that causes fear, pain, injury, illness or unnatural behavior.
When you consider living with an animal, you must take into account the needs and expenses that you will need. An animal is not a disposable toy. Think seriously if you are determined and once the decision is made, never fail him.
3-Explain a number of different farming methods and their benefits.
Intensive farming In order to increase productivity, farms gradually introduced industrial methods to augment yield per unit of labour and per hectare. Intensive farming used various means based on technological and scientific innovations, such as phytosanitary products, selection of varieties, and genetic engineering, to improve the performance of soils, plants, and livestock.
This technique is also applied in supplying livestock. Under this, food is produced in large quantities with the help of chemical fertilizers and pesticides that are appropriately used to save such agricultural land from pests and crop diseases.
Unfortunately, the welfare of the animals can be compromised as livestock are kept in crowded conditions and are therefore unable to carry out their natural behaviour. Additionally, boredom can occasionally lead to aggression.
Products, such as eggs, meat, and other agricultural items that are easily available in many supermarkets today are produced using modern intensive farming methods.
Free range farming Is a method where the animals can roam freely outside for at least part of the day rather than being confined indoors for 24 hours a day. On many farms, the outdoor area is fenced, thereby technically making this an enclosure, however, free range systems do offer the opportunity for the animals to move around freely. Free range farming can apply to eggs, meat and dairy farming.
In ranching, free-range livestock is permitted to roam without being fenced in, as opposed to fenced-in pastures.
In many of the agriculture-based economies, free-range livestock is quite common.
Organic farming
Organic farming aims to meet the animal welfare needs and should, therefore, comply with the Five Freedoms. The first Freedom, from hunger and thirst, is met in any system properly managed to organic standards. The Freedom from thermal and physical discomfort is challenged as organic husbandry systems face more climatic extremes.
However, they provide more ‘control’ to the animal by offering a choice when seeking warmth os a cool place to lie. The Freedom from pain, injury, and disease is the most complicated one. Organic farming virtually bans mutilations such as tail docking, although some are still allowed and practised as the castration. Organic animals are, pre-exposed to wildlife and at risk of contracting infectious diseases. However, it is possible that organically managed animals are more resistant to illness. The Freedom to express normal behaviour is met through environmental enrichment and group housing. The Freedom from fear and distress is supported by extra space. In conclusion, if animal health can be maintained, organic farming is very well placed to provide good animal
welfare.