Protection from pain, injury, suffering and disease

• In order to keep animals healthy, it is often necessary to use preventative care and treatment
• Pet animals should have a veterinary check at least once a year to identify any health problems
• the normal behaviour patterns of most animals should include movement an exercise
• maintaining normal levels of exercise will help to keep an animal healthy, healthy animals have a longer life span
• Animals that can exercise have fewer behavioural problems
• Exercise reduces the chance of disease and health conditions
• What is abuse?


  a behaviour that is performed by an individual, with the deliberate intention of causing harm to an animal, with the understanding that the animal is motivated to avoid that harm
• What is neglect?

  failure to provide minimum standards of care
• Animal hoarding is a psychiatric disorder that is characterised by the accumulation of animals, without providing them with adequate living conditions and the fulfilment of their minimum hygiene needs