animal care committees
type: Concept
broader: animal welfare

animal welfare
type: Concept
broader: formal social control
definition: Among other issues, animal welfare reformers focus on reducing confined animal feeding operations while promoting free-range farms that allow animals like these Angus cattle to feed by traditional grazing. Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service/Scott Bauer Concerns about the welfare of animals has grown since animal farming emerged with sedentary civilization. [Source: Green Food: An A-to-Z Guide; Animal Welfare]
narrower: animal care committees

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: animal welfare

formal social control
type: Concept
narrower: animal welfare