11/13/2007

Five freedoms for animals

The French National Institute for Agronomic Research (INRA), in its October 2007 magazine, opens a highly opportunistic and appropriate case today: the well-being of animals.

This initiative shows how research is evolving towards a respect for animals, an attitude at the heart of dignity and ethics: a humane attitude. Recalling the 1993 five freedoms from the Farm Animal Welfare Council: Freedom from Hunger and Thirst, Freedom from Discomfort, Freedom from Pain Injury or Disease, Freedom to Express Normal Behaviour, and Freedom from Fear and Distress. (www.fawc.org.uk)

Sacred Planet will be bound to broadcast all actions taking this direction.