I noticed you said that animal rights and animal welfare aren’t the same, whats the difference ?

zoologicallyobsessed:

The short and easy to remember version? (because I don’t have the energy to have a full blown essay long discussion on it. Sorry) 

Animal rights groups are (usually for profit) organisations / companies like PETA, Animal Liberation Front and the

Humane Society. They usually push for radical and extreme actions “for” animals, often stating they want animals to have “equal” rights to humans. They often have no experts in animal science, health or biology in general in their organisations. 

Animal welfare on the other hand, are (usually non-for profit or charity) organisations or governing bodies such as RSPCA, Animal Welfare Institute, or the The Wilderness Society. Animal welfare is for the treatment, care and state of animals, aiming to protect and ensure the basic needs of an animal are met. These organisations therefore push for legislation and acts that ensure animal’s basic welfare and needs are met, and protest against companies, legislation or people who go against these basic needs. Often are backed by scientists and experts, vets ect. 

I think simply comparing the above animal rights groups to that of the animal welfare groups shows pretty well the very clear difference between the two.  

Animal rights = “ANIMALS R PEOPLE!! NO PETS!! NO ZOOS!! RELEASE THE FARM ANIMALS!!” 

Animal wellfare: “Hey, let’s maybe not have factory farms, and also try to make captivity as non-stressful as possible. And conservation, let’s do that.”