Animal welfare means having the well being of animals in mind and doing what needs to be done for the animals. People who love animals will devote time and money to make the lives of animals better.
Animal rights is the belief that animals deserve rights to life, liberty, and happiness. Rather than decrease human rights, animal rights supporters want to give animals more rights. This doesn't mean that your dog should be able to vote or get married, however. As People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) puts it, animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or use for entertainment. The most liberal animal rights activists work towards vegetarianism and veganism (not using animal products like milk); they also advocate that people refuse to wear leather and fur. Some people point out that many animals are carnivores; if humans are at least equal to other animals, then eating meat is perfectly normal and appropriate. In regions where people must hunt for their food, this is true. However, most meat sold in grocery stores and supermarkets is produced in "factory farms," which run in the cheapest, most efficient way possible, with no regard for the animals. This means that animals which should be peacefully grazing in a pasture are crowded into filthy pens, castrated without painkillers or anesthesia, strung up upside down, and gutted while they are alive and able to feel pain, among other atrocities. Chickens and turkeys are drugged so that they are so big they can barely stand. The leather and fur industries are equally inhumane. Humans are omnivores, and many synthetic materials are available for clothing: we do not have to support the cruelty associated with meat, leather, and fur. Animal rights activists are also often against rodeos and circuses which use animals, because these animals are subjected to painful training and miserable lives. Animal rights is different from animal welfare, which is the view that people can use animals for our benefit, as long as we treat them as humanely as possible. Visit PETA.org for more information on this subject, as well as videos graphically demonstrating the cruelty of factory farms, puppy mills, vivisection, and entertainment involving animals.
The welfare for animals help out the animals by providing nutrition, and shelter from the elements. They also provide veterinary care for the animals.
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, is an animal welfare charity that operates in Wales and England. The RSPCA is the world's largest animal welfare organizations.It has rescued over 119,000 animals.
The animal welfare is a group of people who take care of animals seize animals from people not taking care of it or checking markets to see if they are selling pets illegally. See the Related Links for more information about the Animal Welfare Act.
Probably wspca or spca or you can search animal welfare on google.
Ideally all animals. Most animal welfarists are primarily concerned with dogs, cats, and farm animals. If you mean what animals are affected by animal welfare legislation, it depends on what law. Frogs, mice, rats, and other smaller animals are frequently overlooked.
Two groups who represent animal "rights" are PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and HSUS (Humane Society of the United States). A group who represents animal "welfare" is: ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals). Many animal rescue organizations also represent animal welfare. Though the terms "rights" and "welfare" are often used interchangeably, they represent two totally different philosophies. It is often difficult to distinguish what is an animal rights organization and one whose goals are animal welfare. Even while searching for groups to list here, I found animal rights groups included in a list that was supposed to be animal welfare groups. Animal welfare seeks to have animals, whether family pets, farm animals, animals used for experimentation, or others, treated in a humane manner. Animal rights is a movement that goes far beyond animal welfare by seeking protection for animals from being considered human property and elevating animals to the same level as humans. When distinguishing between animal welfare and animal rights organizations, those are the main points I look for, though my answer is simplified greatly and the issues between animal welfare and rights is much more complex than presented here.
Charles Westley Hume has written: 'The status of animals in the Christian religion' -- subject(s): Animal welfare, Animals, Folklore, Nature in the Bible 'Man and beast' -- subject(s): Animal welfare, Universities Federation for Animal Welfare
A lover of animals or a person opposed to animal cruelty is called a zoophile.
Animal shelters are usually built by animal charities concerned with the welfare of animals.
David DeGrazia has written: 'Animal rights' -- subject(s): Animal psychology, Animal rights, Animal welfare, Moral and ethical aspects, Moral and ethical aspects of Animal welfare 'Taking animals seriously' -- subject(s): Animal psychology, Animal welfare, Moral and ethical aspects, Moral and ethical aspects of Animal welfare
An animal welfarist is a supporter of animal welfare, the viewpoint that it is acceptable for humans to use animals as long as the people using the animals avoid causing the animals any "unnecessary" harm.
A veterinarian looks after the care and the welfare of animals. They are animal doctors and nurses.
Craig Brestrup has written: 'Disposable animals' -- subject(s): Animal rights, Animal welfare, Euthanasia of animals, Moral and ethical aspects, Moral and ethical aspects of Animal welfare, Moral and ethical aspects of Euthanasia of animals, Pets, Social aspects, Social aspects of Pets