Animal welfare is the viewpoint that animals, especially those under human care, should not suffer unnecessarily, including where the animals are used for food, work, companionship, or research. This position usually focuses on the morality of human action (or inaction), as opposed to making deeper political or philosophical claims about the status of animals, as is the case for an animal rights viewpoint. For this reason animal welfare organizations may use the word humane in their title or position statements.

History of animal welfare

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Systematic concern for the well-being of other animals probably first arose as a system of thought in the Indus Valley Civilization as the religious belief that ancestors return in animal form, and that animals must therefore be treated with the respect due to a human. This belief is exemplified in the existing religion, Jainism, and in varieties of other Dharmic religions. Other religions, especially those with roots in the Abrahamic religion, treat animals as the property of their owners, codifying rules for their care and slaughter premised mainly on hygiene concerns for humans.

Welfare in practice

As in the case of animal rights, the secular forms taken by animal welfare concerns, policies and action have each been pioneered in the UK, where an early industrial revolution first created the modern separation between popular experience and animal husbandry, opening a space for popular sentimentality towards animals.

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Favorite Animal Rights Achievements in 2009: http://www.care2.com/causes/animal-welfare/blog/favorite-animal-rights-achievements-in-2009/
Grizzlythepup (Grizzly: HCWS mascot) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:41:41 -0000
Favorite Animal Rights Achievements in 2009: http://www.care2.com/causes/animal-welfare/blog/favorite-animal-rights-achievements-in-2009/
HSUS Goal: Achieving a No Kill Community: http://www.care2.com/causes/animal-welfare/blog/new-goal-for-hsus-achieving-a-no-kill-community/
Grizzlythepup (Grizzly: HCWS mascot) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:40:56 -0000
HSUS Goal: Achieving a No Kill Community: http://www.care2.com/causes/animal-welfare/blog/new-goal-for-hsus-achieving-a-no-kill-community/
New Goal: Achieving a No Kill Community: http://www.care2.com/causes/animal-welfare/blog/new-goal-for-hsus-achieving-a-no-kill-community/
Grizzlythepup (Grizzly: HCWS mascot) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:39:49 -0000
New Goal: Achieving a No Kill Community: http://www.care2.com/causes/animal-welfare/blog/new-goal-for-hsus-achieving-a-no-kill-community/
Animal Welfare League provides holiday travel tips for pets http://www.yourwestvalley.com/news/animal-11140-pets-league.html
petsitterkat (Kats Pet+House Care) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:36:05 -0000
Animal Welfare League provides holiday travel tips for pets http://www.yourwestvalley.com/news/animal-11140-pets-league.html
New e-bay items this week The Animal Welfare Leauge Trumbull Co. OH. Barbie, Hummels, Disney & Scarlett O'Hara http://tinyurl.com/yf2o2uo
Cozykitchcovers (Jennifer Herko) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:26:06 -0000
New e-bay items this week The Animal Welfare Leauge Trumbull Co. OH. Barbie, Hummels, Disney & Scarlett O'Hara http://tinyurl.com/yf2o2uo
RT @dogs911: http://ow.ly/Il6P Angela is a sweetie! She's ready for a home, #PHX, Animal Welfare League is where you can find her!
mscaroleann (mscaroleann) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:42:08 -0000
RT @dogs911: http://ow.ly/Il6P Angela is a sweetie! She's ready for a home, #PHX, Animal Welfare League is where you can find her!

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