4. animal welfare

Question 1

why is intensive farming less ethical than free range farming

Answer 1

poorer animal welfare conditions

often creates conditions of poor animal welfare but is often more cost effective, generating higher profit as costs are low

Question 2

costs and benefits of free range farming

Answer 2

requires more land and is more labour intensive but can be sold at a higher price and animals have a better quality of life

Question 3

Behavioural indicators of poor animal welfare are:

Answer 3

-stereotypy
-misdirected behaviour
-failure in sexual and parental behaviour
-altered levels of activity–Very low (apathy) or very high (hysteria) levels of activity.

Question 4

describe stereotypy

Answer 4

unusual repetitive movement quite unlike those shown by wild animals

Question 5

describe misdirected behaviour

Answer 5

a normal behaviour being displayed in a different/inappropriate situation. This behaviour may be misdirected towards the individual itself, other members of its species or its surroundings

Question 6

describe failure in sexual and parental behaviour

Answer 6

often have low reproductive success; these animals may fail to perform sexual behaviour or may reject/neglect any offspring they do produce

Question 7

describe altered levels of activity

Answer 7

Changes to activity levels e.g. apathy,hysteria