There Is More To There Is More To Animal Welfare Than Animal Welfare Than

RescueRescue

Kerenza Vlastou

24/02/07

What is Animal Welfare?What is Animal Welfare?

1)1) A person saving a box of puppiesA person saving a box of puppies

2)2) A person signing a petitionA person signing a petition

3)3) Teaching humane slaughter methodsTeaching humane slaughter methods

DefinitionsDefinitions Animal WelfareAnimal Welfare

denotes the desire denotes the desire to prevent to prevent unnecessary unnecessary animal suffering animal suffering (that is, whilst not (that is, whilst not categorically categorically opposed to the use opposed to the use of animal, wanting of animal, wanting to ensure a good to ensure a good quality of life and a quality of life and a humane death.humane death.

Animal Rights Animal Rights denotes the denotes the philosophical belief that philosophical belief that animals should have animals should have rights, including the rights, including the right to live their lives right to live their lives free of human free of human intervention.intervention.

Welfare: Physical Welfare: Physical fitness, Mental fitness, Mental (feelings), Naturalness (feelings), Naturalness (telos).(telos).

WSPA: concepts on WSPA: concepts on animal welfareanimal welfare

Animal Welfare Societies in Animal Welfare Societies in GreeceGreece

Service DeliveryService Delivery CampaigningCampaigning LobbyingLobbying Humane EducationHumane Education All of the aboveAll of the above Some of the aboveSome of the above

What do we achieve with each of the above?

RescueRescue

Immediate ResultsImmediate Results SatisfactionSatisfaction Peace of MindPeace of Mind Helping the Helping the

individual animalindividual animal Long lasting Long lasting

results?!results?! All the animals you All the animals you

don’t see?!don’t see?!

5 puppies

8 pups and mother

1 injured cat

No RescueNo Rescue

If your society is not dealing with rescue If your society is not dealing with rescue but only campaigning…what happens to the but only campaigning…what happens to the

strays?strays? Can you really be called animal welfare if Can you really be called animal welfare if

you ignore those in need?you ignore those in need?

WHO estimates WHO estimates dog populationdog population

worldwide is 10% that worldwide is 10% that of human population.of human population.

Of these 75% can Of these 75% can be regarded be regarded as “strays”.as “strays”.

An Act of Altruism?An Act of Altruism?

Directly rescuing within 1 year approx. 300 animalsDirectly rescuing within 1 year approx. 300 animals 1 year undercover work in experiment lab, 1 year undercover work in experiment lab,

potentially saving 1000’s of animals in the long runpotentially saving 1000’s of animals in the long run

Debate: What would you choose to do and Debate: What would you choose to do and why?why?

A realistic view…where A realistic view…where are you?are you?

Minimum FundsMinimum Funds Minimum Minimum

ManpowerManpower Maximum WorkMaximum Work

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10

20

30

1st yr 2nd yr

Circus

Shelter

HE

Neutering

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1st year 2nd year

HENeuter

Cooperation!!!Cooperation!!!

If there are already If there are already other groups doing other groups doing rescue work, let rescue work, let them take yours on them take yours on too and you fill in the too and you fill in the gaps of campaigning gaps of campaigning and humane and humane education so that all education so that all aspects are covered aspects are covered in your areain your area

(or vice a versa) (or vice a versa)

If there are no other If there are no other groups and you do groups and you do not have many not have many volunteers, try to set volunteers, try to set boundaries and boundaries and choose areas to choose areas to support each other, support each other, i.e. neutering project i.e. neutering project plus HE project plus HE project geared towards geared towards responsible pet responsible pet ownership.ownership.

Ending on a Happy Note:Ending on a Happy Note:

Remember:Remember:

1)1) Things are Things are changingchanging

2)2) There are always There are always worse animal worse animal cruelty cases cruelty cases elsewhereelsewhere

3)3) You are not alone!You are not alone!

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

(Margaret Mead)(Margaret Mead)

LinksLinks www.who.intwww.who.int/en//en/ www.wspa.org.ukwww.wspa.org.uk

www.cawg-greece.comwww.cawg-greece.com www.chrysalisgreece.comwww.chrysalisgreece.com www.atourhands.comwww.atourhands.com

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