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Animal Welfare Laws in Agriculture
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Twenty-Eight Hour Law
Animals cannot be transported by 'rail carrier, express carrier or common carrier' (except by air or water) for more than 28 consecutive hours without being unloaded for five consecutive hours for rest, water and feeding.
Cruelty to Animals Regulations (specific to regions)
Typically include provisions against neglect, proper veterinary care, and humane handling, often with specific regulations tailored to livestock.
Farm Animal Welfare Council (FAWC)'s Five Freedoms
Outlines five freedoms that farm animals should have: from hunger and thirst; from discomfort; from pain, injury or disease; to express normal behavior; and from fear and distress.
Pig Welfare Standards
These standards typically require adequate space, access to food and water, and ban practices like gestation crates and tail docking without anesthesia.
Humane Slaughter Act
Requires that animals are quickly and painlessly slaughtered; it also mandates that they must be insensible to pain before being slaughtered.
Animal Welfare Act
Sets the standards for the humane care and treatment of certain animals (excludes farm animals) in research, exhibition, transport, and by dealers.
EU Council Directive 98/58/EC
Establishes minimum standards for the protection of animals bred or kept for farming purposes, including feeding, housing, and the well-being of animals.
Stock Protection and Zero Grazing Policies
Policies that protect grazing animals from predators and environmental extremes, and those that allow or restrict year-round indoor housing.
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act (in various jurisdictions)
Prohibits any form of cruelty to animals and sets the requirements for their basic care, including sufficient food, water, and shelter.
Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act
Improves the price and supply reporting services of the USDA for better market transparency, indirectly affecting livestock by stabilizing market conditions.
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