ANSC 1210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Dairy Farming, Elective Surgery, Veterinary Record
14 Oct 2016
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Differences among nations in: attitudes to animals legal systems: political systems. New york laws prohibiting beating of horses and cattle. If they enable, they are followed by delegated legislation which can be in the form of: have led to great differences in legislation designed to protect animals. History of animal welfare laws starts in the 19th century :- Often these laws were against doing the act in public! Later, animals were legally protected for their own sake. Increasing world trade and emergence of free trade areas have a considerable impact on animals. Welfare standards which impose restrictions and impair competitiveness will be more readily accepted if they must be equally observed by all competitors. There is a need for international harmonization and this is gradually beginning to happen. E. g. in the eu treaty (maastricht conference, 1991) it is stated that member states should. pay full regard to the welfare requirements of animals.
