05:27
Summarises animal welfare concerns associated with the production of eggs, ‘meat’ chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese and other poultry, including spatial and behavioural restrictions, and painful husbandry procedures.
04:43
Governmental and industry representatives have repeatedly claimed that Aotearoa New Zealand leads the world on animal welfare. Unfortunately, however, it is clear that substantial welfare problems remain prevalent within the farming of all main species within New Zealand. My article at https://rebrand.ly/2020/AW-in-NZ (also at https://AndrewKnight.info) and summarised here, also provides recomm...
05:02
Describes the origins of intensive animal farming, and the animal welfare harms and benefits this incurs. These include severe spatial and behavioural restrictions, widespread antibiotic use, and the subsequent development of antibiotic resistance.