Agricultural Production: Broiler chickens
Agricultural production mostly applies to animals like cows, sheep and chickens. Broiler chickens are really hard done to, and most of them are battery farmed, as its easier and becomes much cheaper for the farmers. As these actions are in place the battery hens are all crammed together with no space at all to move and roam around. They are always overfed and become more and more overweight and eventually some of the chickens legs actually snap and break due to the weight they carry, but the farmers of these animals will not use the money they gain to treat it as it would cost them more money to have a vet on sight to try and treat the problem. Hardly any of these 5 freedoms are available to these chickens as they haven't got a good supply of water, a terrible roaming space, and they cant express they normal behaviour as they are all stuck and crammed together, and they are always distressed as they are stuck with big numbers. World Trade: Birds Most Animals that are transported around the world illegally are made to suffer in bad ways of transportation All the birds transported need to be hidden, while birds being transported mainly travel in either trucks or planes. Many birds are mainly put inside toilet roll tube hours or even days at a time to reduce the flapping of the wings and to stop the bird from trying to escape, with people doing this its putting high amounts of stress on the animal, which is against one of the 5 freedoms. Some birds are not even given food or water, as it would cost the transporter more money and some transporters give birds alcohol to ensure their quiet. This is also against one of the 5 freedoms. Pets and Breeding: Dogs (Pug) Dogs are bred for all the right reasons, but they are some owners that over breed their pet, and its all for the wrong reasons as these untrustworthy owners take the puppies away from their mother at such a young age, and its not just the puppies that are affected, its the dog itself. If the dog has a genetic defect breeding that dog will the dog pass on its genetics to the young, for example, if a pug is being bred and it has a brachycephalic Achondroplasia, it will pass on the genetic to the young puppy. This affects the dogs welfare as if the pug is brachycephalic, it would need to be taken to the vets several times which will put high amounts of stress on the dog. Testing Products and Medical Procedures: Chimps Chimps are used for testing and for medical procedures, in the US 100,000,000 animals can die due to the medical testing procedures that happen. One of the main animals that are tested for these purposes are Chimps. Chimps are the closest relative human in the animal kingdom which is why humans tend to use the chimps for their testing. Animal testers can use their procedures on chimps in different ways, whether is being in the arm, torso, practically anywhere on the body. They can even inject the chemicals or rub these substances on the eyes of the chimp, making it chimp in intense burning pain. This affects all the five freedoms, giving the chimp extremely poor welfare. |
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