Animal Law Review
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Abstract
Environmental enrichment standards are set in many animal welfare laws, but such protections are generally withheld from farmed animals. Instead, farmed animals are subject to substandard enclosures that are under-stimulating and inappropriate for their species-specific behavioral needs. Scientific studies have shown that the inclusion of environmental enrichment in an animal’s enclosure balances their production of stress hormones, which has beneficial implications for the overall health and wellbeing of the animal. Establishing enclosure standards for farmed animals that include provisions relating to environmental enrichment would improve farmed animal well-being and, subsequently, the health of the humans who consume products deriving from farmed animals.
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Alexandra Schauer,
Environmental Enrichment for Farmed Animals,
30
Animal L. Rev.
1
(2024).
Available at:
https://lawcommons.lclark.edu/alr/vol30/iss1/2