HUMANE SOCIETY

HUMANE SOCIETY

1. Shift in concern

   • Animal welfare
     • Animal rights
       • animals ≠ human race
         • The Animal Liberation Front
           • eco-terrorist methods
             • violent attacks and threats
     • animals = human race

2. Hens

   • 2002
     • European Union Farm members
       • phase-out program for battery cages
         • sense of victory
           • animal welfare campaigners
         • better living conditions
           • cage size
           • ventilation
           • lighting
   • The British RSP-CA
     • hens will carry out
       • natural behaviour
         • foraging
         • dust-bathing
         • flapping wings
         • improvement on
           • present gulag-type conditions
             • "economically viable"
               • calcium deficient diet
                 • broken and brittle bones
               • 24 hs lighting
               • painful beak clipping
               • to increase egg production
               • 4 to a metal-barred cage
     • gave birth to NSPCC

3. 2012

   • Law banning the most cruel and archaic system of factory farming
     • came into full effect

4. still a long battle ahead

   • providing human conditions
     • for creatures we exploit
       • vivisection
       • live animals transport
       • blood sport
       • the breeding of animals for fur
       • circuses and zoos
         • animals for entertainment
       • Britain
         • the most vocal in
           • protesting against
             • these acts
               • Also huge interest in
                 • Germany
                 • The Netherlands
                 • Scandinavia
         • legislation on
           • farm animals
           • wild animals
           • animals used in research
           • domestic animals
             • doesn't exist yet
         • reputation
           • animal lovers

5. on the increase everywhere

   • vegetarianism
     • scientific and economic evidence
       • as regards
         • the cost of producing meat
         • the chance of developing cancer or heart disease
     • West vs. Eastern societies
   • veganism
   • animal-friendly lifestyles
   • militancy of animal rights campaigners
   • The growth of Tourism
     • affected possitively
       • animal welfare awareness
         • pressure on the governments
           • better legislation
         • the RSPCA
           • working in other countries
             • to grow concern over the subject
               • it has knock-on effects
                 • on human health