Heise Heinke, Theuvsen Ludwig
a Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development , Georg-August-University of Gottingen , Gottingen , Germany.
J Appl Anim Welf Sci. 2018 Apr-Jun;21(2):153-169. doi: 10.1080/10888705.2017.1400439. Epub 2017 Dec 4.
Many people believe that welfare standards for nonhuman animals on farms need to be improved. However, the definition of farm animal welfare (FAW) remains unclear, as different disciplines have developed competing understandings of FAW. Some studies have investigated citizens' understanding of FAW through quantitative surveys. This study combined both closed-ended and open-ended questions and compared the findings from the different types of questions. For the open-ended question, respondents mostly named criteria in the categories of "housing system" and "management practice"; however, for the closed-ended question, the category "animal health" was most important. These findings suggest that not only whom you ask determines what comprises animal welfare, but how you ask. These findings should be considered when developing new animal welfare programs to increase the likelihood that the new programs will be accepted by the broader public and meet its expectations. In particular, improvements concerning animal health need to be publicized and clearly communicated to citizens, as health-related aspects are important to many people even though those aspects may not be the first thing they mentioned when asked.
许多人认为，农场中非人类动物的福利标准需要提高。然而，农场动物福利（FAW）的定义仍不明确，因为不同学科对FAW形成了相互竞争的理解。一些研究通过定量调查来探究公民对FAW的理解。本研究结合了封闭式和开放式问题，并比较了不同类型问题的调查结果。对于开放式问题，受访者大多提到了“饲养系统”和“管理实践”类别中的标准；然而，对于封闭式问题，“动物健康”类别最为重要。这些发现表明，不仅你询问的对象决定了动物福利的构成要素，而且询问方式也有影响。在制定新的动物福利计划时应考虑这些发现，以提高新计划被更广泛公众接受并符合其期望的可能性。特别是，与动物健康相关的改进需要向公众宣传并清晰传达给公民，因为尽管健康相关方面可能不是人们被问及动物福利时首先提到的，但对许多人来说这些方面很重要。
