Greyhound Welfare and the Five Freedoms
The Five Freedoms model was first introduced in a 1965 UK Government report on livestock husbandry, known as the Bramble Report. In 1979, the Five Freedoms were formalised in a press statement by the UK Farm Animal Welfare Council and, since then, have been adopted world-wide, including here in Australia, as a basic tool for identifying and assessing animal welfare needs. The Five Freedoms have also been used to help develop a new, more contemporary model known as the Five Domains. The Five Domains model provides a way of identifying and grading welfare.
| ANIMAL WELFARE MODELS | |
| FIVE FREEDOMS | FIVE DOMAINS |
| Freedom from hunger and thirst | Optimal nutrition |
| Freedom from discomfort | Enriching environment that meets physical and mental needs |
| Freedom from pain, injury and disease | Good health |
| Freedom to express normal behaviour | Normal expression of behaviour |
| Freedom from fear and distress | Good mental state |
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