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Getting Down To Basics with Animals

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The Work of the Animal Protection Organization

You can find that non-profit organization for the animal welfare and protection that has been operating for many years. Such organization is also known to be the largest as well as the most effective organization in the US when it comes to providing effective animal protection. Such organization functions to offer hands-on care and services to more than 100,000 animals each year and they also professionalize their field through training for the local organizations and also through education. They are known to the be leading animal welfare organization and they also see a humane world for both men and animals. They want changes in the US and in different parts of the world through combating major cruelties like animal fighting, puppy mills, seal slaughter, factory farming, horse cruelty and many more.

The animal protection organizations are quite concerned of the animal welfare. This is the well-being of the different animals. The standards of this would vary between various contexts. These standards are actually reviewed often and are also revised, debated and created by the many animal welfare groups, legislators and academics in different parts of the world.

You must know that the animal welfare science makes use of different measures such as immunosuppression, physiology, disease, longevity and also reproduction but there is a debate of which indicators offer the most excellent information.

Also, the concern for the animal welfare is also often based on the idea that the non-human animals have feelings and the consideration must be given to their suffering or well-being, particularly if they are under the care of the humans. Such concerns may include how the animals are being slaughtered for food and how they are being employed in scientific research and also how they are kept in the circuses, zoos and farms and others.

Animal welfare was also concerned of some of the ancient civilizations but is starting to make a bigger place in the Western public policy in Great Britain in the 19th century. It was in the 21st century that a huge focus of interest in ethics and science and also the animal welfare organizations came up.

In offering good animal welfare, this is defined as a list of positive conditions that should be provided to the animals. Such approach is taken by the 5 Freedoms which are the freedom from hunger and thirst in which there must be a ready access to a diet that can help maintaining vigor and health and also a ready access to fresh water. There should also be freedom from discomfort and such is offering the right environment that includes a comfortable resting place and shelter. There should also be freedom from disease, injury and pain and this is achieved through preventing injuries, diseases and also the fast diagnosis and treatment. There must also be freedom from fear or distress and also the freedom to show the most normal behavior.

Source: The Humane Society of the United States


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