strategy
Managing housed farm animals
Implementation:
Article 3 of the [European Convention for the Protection of Animals kept for Farming Purposes] (Strasbourg 1976), requires that: "Animals shall be housed and provided with food, water and care in a manner which - having regard to their species and to their degree of development, adaptation and domestication - is appropriate to their physiological and ethological needs in accordance with established experience and scientific knowledge." Article 5 requires: " "The lighting, temperature, humidity, air circulation, ventilation, and other environmental conditions such as gas concentration or noise intensity in the place in which an animal is housed, shall - having regard to its species and to its degree of development, adaptation and domestication - conform to its physiological and ethological needs in accordance with established experience and scientific knowledge." Broader:
Utilizing animals in farming Problems:
Animal stress in factory farmingSubjects:
Zoology → AnimalsAmenities → Housing, tenants
Agriculture, Fisheries → Farming
Management → Management
Type Classification:
G: Very Specific strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
