Animal Protection Act

Eluvatar · Dec 1, 2012

URGING the WA to recognize that animals kept as property by people must be provided with protections as a moral responsibility;

wat

REALIZING the importance of animals as food, clothing and medical resources that are imported and exported internationally and would thus require an international effort to prevent cruelty;

no comment needed?

UNDERSTANDING that populations of animals sometimes require the intervention of people to prevent population growth or harm that is detrimental to the animal, environment and people, and allowing for such actions if all reasonable actions are taken to prevent unnecessary pain and suffering.

is it callous to value the suffering of animals so highly, given the suffering of people as a result of environmental degradation or hunger or... ?

LIMITS animals in this resolution to beings that possess the scientifically demonstrated ability to feel and experience pain. Animals unable to feel pain as a result of their physiology are exempt.

Could one argue for the susceptibility to pain of plants? Is pain meaningful? Am i grasping at straws?

LIMITS restrictions on interactions between people and animals in this resolution to include only all forms of domesticity, including farming and animal testing industries. Wild animals are exempt from this resolution as they are not a legal responsibility of owners.

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DEFINES unnecessary as able to be reasonably avoided; While some industry, such as the meat industry, or fur industry, require that an animal be killed in order to create a product, which will necessitate brief pain, it is considered unavoidable. Similarly, prolonging the death of an animal because it is more cost effective is avoidable, so long as an alternative is economically feasible for that nation.

conversational?

DEFINES pain and suffering as the unpleasant sensory experience associated with actual tissue damage and lasting unpleasant sensory experience as a result of prior tissue damage. Tissue damage inflicted under the supervision of a qualified veterinarian and with the use of anaesthetics to reduce or eliminate pain is reasonable.

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DEFINES owners as any person who has purchased an animal or its descendants and/or has provided food or shelter or medical care to an animal on that person’s property for more than 31 days.

Why 31?

PROVIDES animals with the right to safety, reasonable quality of life and freedom from torture through holding owners legally responsible by:

animals with a right to reasonable quality of life??

1. PROHIBITING the infliction of unnecessary pain and suffering on any animal by any person either directly or remotely.

does not limit to intentional :|

2. ENCOURAGING that domestic animals kept outside of an individual’s living space be provided with an environment that as closely resembles its natural habitat as is possible; one example would be “free range.”

.. i dont even

3. REQUIRING that individuals or a group that possess legal rights under its nation’s law to an animal provide reasonable protection from harm by other animals and persons.

what is reasonable?

4. FORBIDDING forms of entertainment that require or involve the infliction of pain or suffering on animals,

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5. ESTABLISHES the Protection of Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) that will meet annually at the WAHQ or another suitably neutral site to create and edit a list of feeling species protected under this legislation and determines whether an action is necessary or reasonable if national governments are unable to reach a decision.

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Mahaj · Dec 1, 2012

2. ENCOURAGING that domestic animals kept outside of an individual’s living space be provided with an environment that as closely resembles its natural habitat as is possible; one example would be “free range.”

.. i dont even

It kind of makes sense, the guy's idea here is not to keep Chickens in cages. It might not be well written, though.

DEFINES owners as any person who has purchased an animal or its descendants and/or has provided food or shelter or medical care to an animal on that person’s property for more than 31 days.

Why 31?

A month.

LIMITS animals in this resolution to beings that possess the scientifically demonstrated ability to feel and experience pain. Animals unable to feel pain as a result of their physiology are exempt.

Could one argue for the susceptibility to pain of plants? Is pain meaningful? Am i grasping at straws?

Look out we got a philosopher. Also, animals could suffer mental anguish without feeling 'pain'.

What *is* pain anyway?

Animal Protection Act

Eluvatar

TNPer

Mahaj

TNPer