Explain the relationship between animal welfare and the animal rights movement.

Explanation should include

  • the concepts of animal welfare through history
  • the AVMA's animal welfare principles
  • development of the animal rights movement in the early 1970s
  • local animal welfare and animal rights groups
  • the impact animal welfare and animal rights groups have had on society as well as on the lives of animals. 

Process/Skill Questions:

  • How do different cultures view the role that animals play in society?
  • What are some of the fundamental differences between animal welfare and the animal rights movement?
  • What is the viewpoint of those more extreme individuals who refer to themselves as animal liberationists?  What is their effect on society?
  • What are the five freedoms of animal welfare?