Attitudes towards animal use and belief in animal mind

Attitudes of Taiwan veterinarians towards animal welfare

A survey was carried out to examine the attitudes of veterinarians in Taiwan towards animal welfare issues and current systems related to animal protection. The respondents were asked to express the extent to which they agreed with the importance of the Five Freedoms and relevant education in animal welfare. The survey was sent to 889 veterinarians and the response rate was 34%. According to th...

Contrasting Attitudes towards Animal Welfare Issues within the Food Chain

Intensive systems have facilitated the production of animal-based products at relatively low prices. On one hand, these methods have been increasingly considered to be responsible for a dramatic reduction in animal welfare, as indicated by the high prevalence of stereotypies in sows, brittle bones in hens, lameness in broilers and short life span in dairy cattle. As a consequence, large segment...

Book Review: The Animal Mind

Knowledge of the animal welfare act and animal welfare regulations influences attitudes toward animal research.

Recent public-opinion polls indicate that Americans have shown a decline in support for animal experimentation, and several reports suggest a relationship between people's knowledge of animal welfare regulations and their attitudes toward animal research. Therefore, this study was designed to assess respondent's knowledge of several provisions in the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) and Animal Welfare ...

Animal welfare: future knowledge, attitudes and solutions

Animal welfare is a factor which affects public acceptability of animal usage systems and hence sustainability. The concepts of welfare, need, stress, health, pain, emotion and feeling are defined and the relationships amongst these are discussed. The scientific assessment of animal welfare, including animal health, has developed rapidly in recent years and the sophistication of this will impro...