6 Essential Steps : Animal Welfare for Social Equity

Protecting animal welfare is a veterinary commitment that encompasses all aspects of an animal’s wellbeing, both physical and mental. Good animal welfare requires disease prevention and treatment, responsible care, proper housing, management, nutrition, humane handling, and—when necessary—humane euthanasia.

People have a responsibility to protect animals good health and welfare. Our lives and health linked to animals. Animals provide us nutritious food and contribute to the incomes of over a billion people around the world. Animals can also become sick and, in some cases, that illness can spread to people.

1. Factory farming as a dual threat

People have a responsibility to protect animals good health and welfare. Our lives and health linked to animals. Animals provide us nutritious food and contribute to the incomes of over a billion people around the world. Animals can also become sick and, in some cases, that illness can spread to people.

Factory farming continues to grow around the world as a low-cost way of producing animal products for human consumption. many of the practices associated intensive animal farming have been criticized by public health professionals and animal welfare advocates. 

2. Labor Exploitation in the Meat Industry

Hazardous jobs with high injury rates and often comes with low pay. Examples include refuse collection, logging, fishing, and certain roles in construction, healthcare, and mining. These jobs expose workers to risks like machinery accidents, exposure to dangerous materials, physical strain, and violence. Ethical systems should treat both animals and human laborers with respect and consideration, acknowledging their capacity to suffer and experience well-being. This includes recognizing the inherent value of all sentient beings and minimizing harm caused by human actions. Workers are often experience significant physical and psychological costs due to their vulnerable position within the workforce and society. These costs can include increased stress, anxiety, depression, and a higher risk of developing chronic health conditions.

3. Intersectionality: Linking Speciesism & Social Oppression

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