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…


• What is Vivisection?• Animals should not

be used for experiments


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• Groups• ASPCA• (ALF) Animal Liberation

Front• (PETA) People for the

Ethical Treatment of Animals


• 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?


• 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…..


• 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.

Documents

Animal Rights and Welfare