Articles tagged with 'Understanding animal welfare'

Animal sentience is the capacity of an animal to experience different feelings such as suffering or pleasure. Negative feelings or...

There are no national laws applying to animal welfare, but all states and territories regulate animal welfare in their jurisdiction....

Animal welfare laws in Australia are governed at the state and territory level and every jurisdiction has its own animal...

Given that animals play an important role in the lives of all Australians, the RSPCA strongly believes that we need...

Most animal welfare issues are the responsibility of State and Territory governments. If you are concerned about an animal welfare...

RSPCA Australia acknowledges that there is scientific consensus that climate change is caused by greenhouse gas emissions from human activities...

Animal sentience is the capacity of an animal to experience different feelings such as suffering or pleasure. The onset of...

How do you feel today? As humans, our welfare at any point in time is affected by many different things,...

The Five Freedoms was the first widely accepted evidence-based framework to capture the key aspects of animal welfare in one...

In 1994, Professor David Mellor and Dr Cam Reid proposed a new model to think about animal welfare and its...

  ‘One Welfare’ is the concept that animal welfare depends on and influences human welfare and environmental sustainability [1]. This...

Based on the available scientific data, there is evidence that both octopi and lobsters, do exhibit signs of ‘discomfort’ or...