Five Freedoms of Animal Welfare

Produced By:

Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA)

States:

Qld, NSW, SA, NT, ACT, Tas, WA

Aimed at:

Grade 3

- 12

Curriculum 9.0:

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Subjects:

Keywords:

animal welfare, animal, hunger, thirst, pain, injury, disease, behaviour, five freedoms

Five Freedoms of Animal Welfare

Australian Good Meat have produced five short videos that can be viewed on Youtube – that explain, in simple terms, the five freedoms of animal welfare:

  • freedom from hunger and thirst,
  • freedom from discomfort,
  • freedom from pain, injury and disease,
  • freedom from fear and distress, and
  • freedom to express normal behaviour.
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