Key Terms and Animal Welfare Law - Animal Husbandry

Week 1

What is the Animal Welfare act?

The Animal Welfare Act 2006 is the principal piece of legislation in England and Wales that protects vertebrate animals and sets out legal responsibilities for anyone who owns or keeps them

What’s Primary Legislation?

These are the main laws passed by Parliament. They set out the important rules and legal responsibilities.

What’s Secondary Legislation?

These provide more specific rules about how the law applies in particular situations. They help explain what must be done in practice.

State the 5 welfare needs

1.its need for a suitable environment,
2. its need for a suitable diet,
3. its need to be able to exhibit normal behaviour
patterns,
4. any need it has to be housed with, or apart
from, other animals, and
5. its need to be protected from pain, suffering,
injury and disease.

What’s Behavioural ecology?

The scientific study of how animal (and human) behaviour evolves and adapts in response to ecological and environmental pressure

What’s Abnormal behaviour?

Abnormal animal behaviour refers to repetitive, functionless, or unusual actions that deviate significantly from a species' natural habits. This conduct typically serves as a psychological or physical warning sign that the animal is suffering from chronic stress, boredom, illness, or a restrictive environment.

What’s Natural Behaviour?

Natural behaviour refers to the instinctive, evolutionary habits an animal is genetically programmed to perform in the wild (like a pig rooting in the soil)

Whats Normal behaviour?

Normal behaviour, however, refers to what is healthy and adaptive for an animal within its current environment, meaning a domestic animal can display healthy, "normal" behaviour that looks different from its wild ancestors.

Define Applied Ethics

Application of ethical theories and principles to solve real world ethical dilemmas

Define Applied animal welfare

Using scientific research, behavioural theory, and practical methods to assess and improve the physical and emotional well-being of animals under human care