What is Animal welfare?
[[File:Cat rescued by GPA 03.jpg|thumb|Cat rescued by the non-governmental organization GPA]]'''Animal welfare''' is the well-being of [[Animal|animals]] that are not [[Human|humans]]. Animal welfare involves the [[cruelty to animals|care of animals]] that are not humans.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Hewson|first=Caroline J.|date=2003|title=What is animal welfare? Common definitions and their practical consequences|journal=The Canadian Veterinary Journal|volume=44|issue=6|pages=496–499|issn=0008-5286|pmid=12839246|pmc=340178}}</ref> These concerns can include how animals are killed for [[food]], how they are [[Animal testing|used in scientific research]], how they are kept (as [[Pet|pets]], in [[Zoo|zoos]], [[Farm|farms]], [[Circus|circuses]], etc.), and how human activities affect the welfare and how wild animals live.<ref>{{cite web|date=2012-02-27|title=Animal welfare|url=http://media.animalsmatter.org/media/resources/en/en_draft.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227004725/http://media.animalsmatter.org/media/resources/en/en_draft.pdf|archivedate=2012-02-27|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-18}}</ref> ==Further reading== *{{cite web|url=https://file-cdn.mercyforanimals.org/mercy4animals.wpengine.com/sites/450/2021/09/Canada-Scorecard-Full-Report.pdf|title=Canada Animal Welfare Scorecard 2021|publisher=[[Mercy For Animals]]}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Related pages== *[[Veterinary medicine]] ==Other websites== *[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqPnYuCCQg2NnDCah7ctKDw Compassion in World Farming] (YouTube) {{Animal welfare}} [[Category:Animal welfare| ]] {{Stub}}