THE FIVE FREEDOMS

The RSPCA have a fact sheet which you can download from their web site which is very useful. It describes how anyone involved with animals should aspire to providing the animals with the ‘Five Freedoms’.
It says it’s aspirational because there are times when they cannot always be achieved. For example before an animal will feed it may need to feel hungry. However it goes onto say that wherever possible animal keepers should strive to provide the Five Freedoms as far as possible. If you want more information you should visit the website. www.rspca.org.uk/animalcare.

THE FIVE FREEDOMS:

1.FREEDOM FROM HUNGER OR THIRST.
by providing enough fresh water and the right type and amount of food to keep them fit.

2.FREEDOM FROM DISCOMFORT.
by making sure that animals have the right type of environment including shelter and somewhere comfortable to rest.

3.FREEDOM FROM PAIN, INJURY AND DISEASE.
by preventing them from getting ill or injured and by making sure animals are diagnosed and treated rapidly if they do.

4.FREEDOM TO BEHAVE NORMALLY.
by making sure animals have enough space, proper facilities and the company of other animals their of own kind.

5.FREEDOM FROM FEAR AND DISTRESS.
by making sure their conditions and treatment avoid mental stress.
Seems simple enough don't you think??

Talk again soon..........

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