'Animal Welfare' by Peter Sandøe - 03.12.2010

Animal Welfare

By P. Sandøe

The encyclopedia of applied animal behaviour and welfare. CABI. 2010 

 

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'Animal welfare' is a wide-ranging, and often value-laden, term that is used with somewhat different meanings by different people. It appears to have been first used by Major C. W. Hume, who was instrumental in founding the University of London Animal Welfare Society in 1926. In non-technical assertions like 'securing the welfare of animals in our care is vital' the term 'welfare' refers to positive well-being or quality of life. In the technical literature on animal welfare, by contrast, it makes sense to speak about welfare as a continuum running from negative to positive. 

 

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