The welfare of an animal, which includes its physical and mental state, has been defined as the Five Freedoms: In 1979, the name was changed to the Farm Animal Welfare Council and by the end of that same year the Five Freedoms had been codified into the format below. ![]() In 1965, the committee, chaired by Professor Roger Brambell presented the 85 page “Report of the Technical Committee to Enquire into the Welfare of Animals Kept under Intensive Livestock Husbandry Systems” which became known as “The Brambell Report.” The report stated that animals should have the freedom “to stand up, lie down, turn around, groom themselves and stretch their limbs.” These freedoms became known as “Brambell’s Five Freedoms.” As a result of the report, the Farm Animal Welfare Advisory Committee was created to monitor the livestock production sector. ![]() The outcry of the British public regarding the information in the book prompted the British Government to appoint a committee to look into the welfare of farm animals. ![]() Fifty years ago, Ruth Harrison, a British woman wrote “Animal Machines” which described intensive livestock and poultry farming practices.
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