Animal Welfare

Learning objectives:

• To establish an initial position on my views on animal rights and animal welfare.

• To investigate different methods of farming animals.

• To develop strategies for feeding the world’s increasing population sustainably.

Key Terms:

• Animal welfare – the physical and mental well being of animals.

• Sustainable – living with a good quality of life now without damaging quality of life for future generations.

PLTS objective

Independent enquirer

I can plan and carry out research and understand how my choices

affect the outcome.

Applying past knowledge to new situations:

At the end of the lesson you will apply your knowledge of sustainability, and its different

components of economic, environmental and social, to farming and animal welfare.

Complete your personality test to see how you think about animals.

Tick the box for the statement you most agree with.

When you have finished add up how many a,b, c and d statements you have selected.

Learning Objective:

To establish an initial position on my views on animal rights and animal welfare.

Your Results…Mostly As

Animal Rights Position

If we believe in human rights we must believe in animal rights. It is wrong to hurt or kill a healthy animal. Animals should live in a natural way.

Mostly Bs

Animal Welfare Position

The important thing is that animals musn’t suffer. Like us animals can be happy or unhappy. I am not necessarily against killing animals but it is wrong to deliberately hurt them

Mostly Cs

Conservationist position

We don’t inherit the earth we borrow it from our children.

If we want to use animals, we must protect their habitats. We must not kill so many that their numbers go down. We must develop the planet sustainably.

Mostly Ds

“Humans Come First” position

Humans are always more important than other animals.

Animals do matter and we shouldn’t be cruel, but while people are suffering in the world we should concentrate on them. Sometimes animals must suffer to benefit people.

Learning Objective:

To establish an initial position on my views on animal rights and animal welfare.

What do we know about pigs and hens?

Watch the clips and answer the questions?

Learning Objective:

To investigate different methods of farming animals.

Teacher choice

Watch your own selection of video clips from Hugh Fernley Whittingstall’s factory farming programme on channel four on demand.

Watch the DVD made by compassion in world farming, why should we care about farm animals section 13 mins to 15 mins 19 sec.

Intensive versus Free Range

Complete the table with bullet point answers to show the advantages and disadvantages of each method of farming.

Learning Objective:

To investigate different methods of farming animals.

Hyperlinked to 7 billion national geographic video on youtube

Learning Objectives:

To establish an initial position on my views on animal rights and animal welfare.

To develop strategies for feeding the world’s increasing population sustainably.

How can we feed the world without trashing it?

Your task will be to write a short report to an environmental charity such as Friends of the Earth. Coming up with ways we can feed the world without damaging it and treat animals in line with your own individual animal welfare position.

Learning Objectives:

To establish an initial position on my views on animal rights and animal welfare.

To develop strategies for feeding the world’s increasing population sustainably.

Sort your cards along the rainbow from most to least relevant.

most relevant least relevant

Use the information you have learnt in yesterday’s lesson to write a report.

Use the suggested strategies, writing frame and level ladder to guide you.

Animal rights position• People will be educated to encourage them to become vegans (people who use and eat no

animal products like wool or honey) or vegetarians.• People will be given a limited meat ration.• All farming will be free range.Animal welfare position• All farming will be free range or carried out under rigorous inspection regimes.• Abattoirs or slaughter houses will be carefully run and inspected.• No animals will be transported long distances.• People will be encouraged to eat as little meat as possible.• Vegetarian meals will be promoted.Conservationist position • No more pristine ecosystems like the rainforest will be destroyed.• This will mean people will have to eat a more plant based diet.• Existing farm land will be used under strict guidelines to make sure it stays fertile.• Free range farming will be encouraged with tax benefits.“Humans come first” position• People will have free choices in how they farm and what they eat.• Farmers should be helped and encouraged to treat animals well but intensive farming has a

place in feeding the population of the world.• If an ecosystem has to be destroyed all measures should be taken to stop this. However, if it

is necessary for human survival it should go ahead.

The most important thing I learnt in today’s lesson was…

I was glad to be able to express my opinion on…..