SOC 2080 Lecture 18: SOC2080-week10
23 Mar 2017
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Animal welfare and factory farming: evolution of human = animal relationship. Factory farming: the animal welfare dimension: free trade agreements promote expansion of factory farming. Ilo"s or fa(cid:272)tor(cid:455) far(cid:373)s t(cid:455)pi(cid:272)all(cid:455): deny animals proper movement and restrict natural behaviors. Incorporate mutilation that causes both acute and chronic pain. Tuesday, march 21st, 2017: big number for a small population, space restrictions and lack of exercise leads to brittle bones and injuries, hens cannot stand up. Painful practices chickens: de(cid:271)eaki(cid:374)g of (cid:272)hi(cid:272)ke(cid:374)s (cid:449)ith (cid:862)hot k(cid:374)ife(cid:863) a(cid:374)d e(cid:374)sui(cid:374)g pai(cid:374, de-toeing of chicks that causes acute pain, mass killing of male chicks, no use for them, cannot lay eggs. 2-3 weeks instead of 14015 weeks of done naturally: psychological stress, sows slaughtered at approx. 6 months: natural life of pig is 12-15 years, premature weaning occurs when other factory farmed animals as a regular procedure, selective breeding excess piglets (cid:862)surplus(cid:863) piglets killed.
