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Informed debate: the contribution of animal welfare science to the development of public policy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 January 2023

M Radford
M Radford*
Affiliation:
School of Law, Taylor Building, University of Aberdeen, Old Aberdeen AB24 3UB, UK
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Abstract

The development of animal welfare science has had a fundamental influence on the development of public policy towards the treatment of animals, not only in individual countries such as the United Kingdom, but also within the institutions of the European Union. This has led to a new a body of legislation which is intended to promote welfare and to complement the traditional prohibition on causing cruelty. If this process is to continue, however, it is important that conducting research should not be regarded as the sole function of animal welfare scientists. It is essential that they are also fully engaged in ethical debate, policy formulation, regulatory mechanisms, and their enforcement.

Keywords

animal protectionanimal welfarecrueltylegislationpublic policyregulation
Type
Research Article
Information
Animal Welfare , Volume 13 , Issue S1: Science in the Service of Animal Welfare: Proceedings of the UFAW International Symposium, Edinburgh, 2-4 April 2003 , February 2004 , pp. S171 - S174
Copyright
© 2004 Universities Federation for Animal Welfare

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