Ag Insight - Animal rights or animal well-being?


Where animal rightists, such as PETA, believe that animals are not there to be used as food or by humans in any way, farmers and commodity groups say that society has the right to make proper and humane use of animals if they are treated with care

by JIM DALRYMPLE

Animal welfare has been receiving increased publicity over the past several years and agriculture has been under a terrible attack by animal rightists.

Canada’s “farm animal welfare infrastructure” has a network of responsible organizations within Canada to address animal welfare issues. The spectrum of animal welfare issues in which it is involved, includes intensive livestock farming practices, humane transportation, humane slaughter, biotechnology and other concerns.

Better Farming - August/September 2010