Animal Welfare
CVMAS | Batch 2030
1st TERM | 8:50am - 10:10am | VETM2B
Welfare Assessment and the Five
Freedoms
B Ethics and the Law
Objectives
● Animal welfare laws may
● Understand the role of legislation in protect animals either for
protecting animal welfare. human benefit (e.g.,
economic or public health
● Recognize how ethics, science, and reasons) or for their own
human responsibility influence the well-being.
creation of animal laws.
● Cultural beliefs and scientific
● Identify the different types, levels, interpretations cause
and purposes of animal welfare differences in animal welfare
legislation. laws across countries — for
example, gestation crates
● Analyze factors that make laws may be banned in one nation
effective or ineffective in protecting but allowed in another.
animals.
C Legal Terms and Structure
● Discover how incentives, education,
and public engagement can
enhance animal welfare alongside
● Law: A rule recognized by a
governing authority.
legal measures.
● Legislation: The collective body of
such laws.
A What Is Legislation
● Statute: A specific written law
➔ Legislation is a system of laws passed by a legislative body.
created by the government to
prevent cruelty and improve animal ● Offence: A breach of law or
welfare. regulation.
➔ It reflects ethical and scientific ● Plaintiff / Defendant: The accuser
awareness that animals are sentient and the accused in legal
beings capable of suffering. proceedings.
➔ Jeremy Bentham’s principle — “The
D Types and Levels of Legislation
question is not, Can they reason?
Nor can they talk? But, can they
suffer?” — underpins modern animal ● Primary legislation: The main,
welfare law. debated law (e.g., Animal Welfare
Act).
● Secondary legislation: Provides
detailed rules; more flexible and
BASC103A CHLOE SOLSTICE 1
CVMAS | Batch 2030
1st TERM | 8:50am - 10:10am | VETM2B
Welfare Assessment and the Five
Freedoms
B Ethics and the Law
Objectives
● Animal welfare laws may
● Understand the role of legislation in protect animals either for
protecting animal welfare. human benefit (e.g.,
economic or public health
● Recognize how ethics, science, and reasons) or for their own
human responsibility influence the well-being.
creation of animal laws.
● Cultural beliefs and scientific
● Identify the different types, levels, interpretations cause
and purposes of animal welfare differences in animal welfare
legislation. laws across countries — for
example, gestation crates
● Analyze factors that make laws may be banned in one nation
effective or ineffective in protecting but allowed in another.
animals.
C Legal Terms and Structure
● Discover how incentives, education,
and public engagement can
enhance animal welfare alongside
● Law: A rule recognized by a
governing authority.
legal measures.
● Legislation: The collective body of
such laws.
A What Is Legislation
● Statute: A specific written law
➔ Legislation is a system of laws passed by a legislative body.
created by the government to
prevent cruelty and improve animal ● Offence: A breach of law or
welfare. regulation.
➔ It reflects ethical and scientific ● Plaintiff / Defendant: The accuser
awareness that animals are sentient and the accused in legal
beings capable of suffering. proceedings.
➔ Jeremy Bentham’s principle — “The
D Types and Levels of Legislation
question is not, Can they reason?
Nor can they talk? But, can they
suffer?” — underpins modern animal ● Primary legislation: The main,
welfare law. debated law (e.g., Animal Welfare
Act).
● Secondary legislation: Provides
detailed rules; more flexible and
BASC103A CHLOE SOLSTICE 1
