Animals in Society Animals in Society TM1

Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resource Standards Addressed  AS Demonstrate management techniques that ensure animal welfare. AS a. Explain the implications of animal welfare and animal rights for animal systems. Animals in Society TM2

3 Animal Roles  Food & Clothing Leather, meat, fur, hair  Sports & Recreation Hunting, racing, showing, riding  Service & Protection Therapy, search and rescue, drug/bomb detection, attack, guard, guide and aide, seizure detection, herding, water rescue

Animals in Society TM4 Animal Rights vs. Animal Welfare  Rights Using animals for human purposes is ethically and morally wrong. Animal Rightists believe that animals should not be used for food, clothing, recreation, research, or to harvest medicinal organs and fluid factors. They believe that animals should have the same rights as humans and that humans should care for and protect animals.  Welfare Animals should be treated in a humane manner and provided with adequate housing, nutrition, disease prevention, and humane treatment and handling. People in favor of animal welfare believe that animals can be used for food and for research when no other alternatives exist.

Animals in Society TM5 Welfare Timeline  1641 – “The Body of Liberties” legal code passed by the Massachusetts Bay Colony  1828 – First anti-cruelty law passed by New York legislature  1866 – American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) was formed  1867 – Henry Bergh drafted “An Act for More Effectual Prevention of Cruelty to Animals  1906 – “The Animal Transportation Act” was passed  1958 – “The Humane Slaughter Act” was passed  1964 – Ruth Harrison wrote “Animal Machines: The New Factory Farming Industry”  1966 – “Laboratory Animal Welfare Act” (AWA) passed  1970 – AWA was amended  1970 – “The Horse Protection Act” passed  early 1970’s – modern animal rights movement began  1972 – “Marine Mammal Protection Act” was passed  1973 – “Endangered Species Act” was passed

Animals in Society TM6 Welfare Timeline Continued  1975 – Peter Singer writes “animal Liberation”  1976 – Horse Protection Act was amended  1985 – “Improved Standards for Laboratory Animals Act” was passed  1986 – Animal Liberation Front (ALF) destroys labs at Oregon State University  1989 – “The Farm Animal and Research Facilities Protection Act” was introduced  1990 – “Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act” was passed  1990 – “March for the Animals” in Washington D.C.  1992 – “The Animal Enterprise Protection Act” was passed  1999 – “Federal Law Enforcement Animal Protection Act” was passed  2002 – AWA amended  2002 – “Animal Fighting Enforcement Act” introduced  2002 – “Captive Wildlife Safety Act” introduced