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Animal Rights and Welfare
Animal Rights and Welfare
• What is Animal Welfare?• Is the position that animals should be
treated humanely
• What is Animal Rights?• Is the position that animals should not
be exploited• Animals should not be used for food,
clothing, etc…
Animal Rights and Welfare
• What is Vivisection?• Animals should not
be used for experiments
Animal Rights and Welfare
• Animal Rights Legislation and Orgs.• 1641- The Body Liberties Pass• 1828- First Anticruelty Law passed in
New York• 1866 - formed- American Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals• 1867 - Horse Protection Act Amended• 1906 Animal Transportation Act• 1958 Animal Humane Slaughter Act
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• Animal Acts and Orgs. Cont.• 1895- Food Security Act • 1989-Farm Animals and Research
Facilities Protection Act• 1990- Food, Ag, Conservation, and
Trade Act Passed• 1992- Bush signs Animal Enterprise
Protection Act
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• Rights and Act Cont.• 1964- The New Factory Farming Industry
Published• 1966- Public Law 89-544 Laboratory Welfare
Act• 1970- Animal Right Movement Began
• First Amendment to the AWA• Horse Protection Act Passed
• 1976 P.L. -Prohibited Animal Fighting Ventures• Horse Protection Act Amended
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• Important animal rights people• Ruth Harrison- published book entitled “Animal
Machines: The New Factory Farming Industry”• Peter Singer - Wrote publications called “Animal
Liberations” and considered founded of animal right movement
• Henry Bergh - Found ASPCA and drafted the NY State anti-cruelty law
• Charles Stenholm - Introduced the farm animal research facilities protection act
• John Orem - doctor that studied the cause of SIDS
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• Groups• ASPCA• (ALF) Animal Liberation
Front• (PETA) People for the
Ethical Treatment of Animals
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• Do animals have rights?• Some people believe that animals have the
same rights as humans. • Do you agree?
• Specieism- • Is the term used for belief.
• Humanize- • Is the term used to believe that animals have
the same rights as humans
Animal Rights and Welfare• Should animals be used for
food?• Should animals be used for
experimentation?• Should hunting and trapping
be allowed?• Should animals be allowed
for entertainment?
• Where do we draw the line?
Animal Rights and Welfare
• Assignment• What are your views on Animal Rights and
Welfare?• Do animals have rights?• Are the animals in this room wrongfully kept captive?• Look at the things in your life that involve animals; the
food you ate for lunch, the time you went to the zoo, the clothing are wearing. Write a one page paper explaining your views and expressions on animal right and welfare. Before you do consider these facts…..
Animal Rights and Welfare
• Facts to consider…..• There are approximately 2.2 million farms in the
U.S.• Approx. 97% of farms in the U.S. are family owned.• Nearly 16million Americans, about 7% of our
population purchased hunting licenses last year.• It is estimated that there are more than 16million
white-tailed deer in the U.S.• Nearly 75-80% of bobwhite quail and dove
populations die annually from natural causes even if the bird is not hunted.