Assessing attitudes of Taiwan veterinarians towards animal welfare
Date Issued
2010
Date
2010
Author(s)
Wu, Shih-Yun
Abstract
A survey was carried out to examine the attitudes of Taiwan veterinarians towards animal welfare issues and current systems related to animal protection, and asked the respondents to express the extent to which they agreed with the importance of the Five Freedoms (FAWC 2004) and relevant education in animal welfare. The survey was sent to 889 veterinarians and the response rate was 34%. Taiwan veterinarians consider that the current animal protection laws in Taiwan and their relevant systems are unable to protect animals effective. They mostly disagree about the statement that animal welfare can upgrade their professional abilities or enhance their image, in that they generally have a very low awareness of animal welfare and also lack further understanding of the importance and the influence of animal welfare. However, many veterinarians highly support the content of “The Five Freedoms” and relevant training of animal welfare and ethics. Instead of denying the necessity and importance of animal welfare, we consider that veterinarians are less confident of animal welfare merely because of the lack of relevant training. The results of the survey indicated that providing veterinarians with professional education of animal welfare is the first step which brooks no delay.
Subjects
animal welfare
Taiwan veterinarians
animal protection
survey
attitude
education
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