3.4 - animal welfare

• what is a benefit of intensive farming?

  more cost effective
• what is a disadvantage of intensive farming?

  unethical, poor animal welfare
• what is an advantage of free range farming?

  improved animal welfare
• what is a disadvantage of free range farming?

  requires more land and higher costs
• what are 4 behavioural indicators of poor animal welfare?

  • Stereotypy
  • misdirected behaviour
  • failure in sexual or parental behaviour
  • altered levels of activity
• how can failure in sexual behaviour be overcome ?

  social contact with members of their own species
• how can stereotypy, misdirected behaviour, and altered levels of activity be overcome?

  enrichment of environment