TY - JOUR
T1 - The role of animal welfare in improving the future of farming
AU - Doyle, Rebecca
AU - Campbell, Angus J. D.
AU - Dione, Michel
AU - Woodruff, Madeleine
AU - Munoz, Carolina
AU - Alemayehu, Gezahegn
AU - Berhe, Tsega
AU - Knight-Jones, Theodore J. D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing.
PY - 2022/5/26
Y1 - 2022/5/26
N2 - Context: Animal production plays a critical role in many global challenges around sustainability, including climate change and resilience, One Health and food security. With this role comes pressures on livestock welfare. Aims: This paper demonstrates key contributions animal welfare makes to global sustainability challenges. Methods: This paper highlights 'win-win' improvements for both animal welfare and other aspects of sustainability by using the following four case studies: tail docking Australian sheep, agroforestry systems in Ethiopia, the Australian dairy-beef industry, and strategic feeding of goats in Pakistan. Key results: These case studies show how animal welfare can be improved alongside livelihoods. However, even in these win-win situations, the adoption of improved practices is not guaranteed. Conclusions: Long-term, sustained change in animal welfare can simultaneously make in roads to other challenges around sustainability. To do this, we must have a broader understanding of the system in which the animals are raised, so that barriers to change can be identified. Implications: Lessons from these case studies can be applied to other production contexts and challenges, highlighting the universal value of understanding and addressing animal welfare.
AB - Context: Animal production plays a critical role in many global challenges around sustainability, including climate change and resilience, One Health and food security. With this role comes pressures on livestock welfare. Aims: This paper demonstrates key contributions animal welfare makes to global sustainability challenges. Methods: This paper highlights 'win-win' improvements for both animal welfare and other aspects of sustainability by using the following four case studies: tail docking Australian sheep, agroforestry systems in Ethiopia, the Australian dairy-beef industry, and strategic feeding of goats in Pakistan. Key results: These case studies show how animal welfare can be improved alongside livelihoods. However, even in these win-win situations, the adoption of improved practices is not guaranteed. Conclusions: Long-term, sustained change in animal welfare can simultaneously make in roads to other challenges around sustainability. To do this, we must have a broader understanding of the system in which the animals are raised, so that barriers to change can be identified. Implications: Lessons from these case studies can be applied to other production contexts and challenges, highlighting the universal value of understanding and addressing animal welfare.
KW - Affective state
KW - Agroforestry
KW - Dairy
KW - Goat
KW - Sheep
KW - Sustainable development goals
KW - Sustainable intensification
U2 - 10.1071/AN21562
DO - 10.1071/AN21562
M3 - Article
VL - 62
SP - 937
EP - 943
JO - Animal Production Science
JF - Animal Production Science
SN - 1836-0939
IS - 11
ER -