It is essential to treat animals properly to ensure their welfare. However, a good treatment is a necessary but not sufficient condition to ensure animal welfare.
So, what is a good treatment ? What is the relationship between a good treatment and welfare? Luc Mounier, Head of the Chaire Bien-être animal, tells you more about the notion of good treatment.
With good treatment, we have an obligation of means, whereas with welfare, we have an obligation of results.
LUC MOUNIER
Keep in mind
- Good treatment refers to all the actions taken by humans to try to achieve a state of welfare for animals that is comparable to that of humans.
- It is possible to "treat" well an animal without it actually being in a state of welfare.
- When we assess animal welfare, we don't assess what the human does for the animal, but how the animal feels about it.
With a good treatment, we have an obligation of means, whereas with welfare, we have an obligation of results.
LUC MOUNIER
