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11/15/2007: "the five freedoms"

The United Kingdom Farm Animal Welfare Council published the five freedoms as standards of animal treatment for farmers and this has been adapted as the Animal Welfare Approved standards of the
Animal Welfare Institute www.awionline.org. These are freedom from fear and distress, freedom from pain, injury and disease (inlcuding parasitical infections) freedom from hunger, thirst and malnutrition, freedom to express normal behavior and freedom from physical and thermal discomfort. Look for a label on food stating Animal Welfare Approved for farm goods which follow these freedoms.