Understanding Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare
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  1. Farm animals should not be raised in confinement;it is the same as locking innocent people in jail.
     
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    Strongly Agree  Strongly Disagree


  1. Farm animals do not have rights, but it is right for the public to insist that farmers treat their animals humanely.
     
      1 2 3 4 5  
    Strongly Agree   Strongly Disagree


  1. Farm animals are the private propery of their owners and the way they are treated should not be a public concern
     
      1 2 3 4 5  
    Strongly Agree  Strongly Disagree


  1. What is your opinion about whether animals are being treated humanely when the following practices are being used? Please indicate your feelings about each one of them on a scale of 1 o 5 with:

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      Chickens kept in cages Approve  Disapprove   
      House cats always kept indoors Approve  Disapprove   
      Farm cats free to roam  Approve  Disapprove   
      Horses pulling wagons in a parade Approve  Disapprove   
      Dogs trained and used to herd livestock Approve  Disapprove   
      Horses in rodeo "branco" riding contests  Approve  Disapprove   
      Dehorning of cattle Approve  Disapprove   
      Calves injected with antibiotics Approve  Disapprove   
      Grain feeding cattle for slaughter Approve  Disapprove   
      Castration of pigs and calves Approve  Disapprove   
      City dogs kept inside or on a leash Approve  Disapprove   
      Hogs finished in confinement barns (gestation crates) Approve  Disapprove   
      Branding cattle for identification Approve  Disapprove   
      Veal calves raised in crates Approve  Disapprove   
      Dairy cows treated with BST (Growth hormone for milk production) Approve  Disapprove   
      Dogs used in medical research Approve  Disapprove   
      Animals exhibited at a fair  Approve  Disapprove   
      Dairy cows in stachion barns  Approve  Disapprove   
      Dairy cows in free-stall barns  Approve  Disapprove   
      Steers implied with growth stimulants  Approve  Disapprove   
      Use of animals for fighting Approve  Disapprove   
      Use of animals for testing substances that will be used on humans (chemical testing for cosmetics) Approve  Disapprove   
      Docking of tails on Dairy Cattle Approve  Disapprove   
      Docking of tails on other livestock Approve  Disapprove   
      The feeding of Antibiotics to animals for growth (animal is not sick) Approve  Disapprove   
      The use of farrowing crates at birth for pigs Approve  Disapprove   
      Dogs to hunt and flush out animals Approve  Disapprove   
      Lab testing materials on rats Approve  Disapprove   





Mr. Heinberg
Agriculture Instructor
Cashton High School
WI