{"id":117,"date":"2023-02-16T14:00:10","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T14:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spca.org.hk\/?page_id=117"},"modified":"2023-12-11T17:29:22","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T09:29:22","slug":"five-freedoms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.spca.org.hk\/what-we-do\/animal-welfare\/five-freedoms\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Freedoms"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Five Freedoms<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”col-padding” conditional_render=”%5B%7B%22value_role%22%3A%22administrator%22%7D%5D”][vc_column conditional_render=”%5B%7B%22value_role%22%3A%22administrator%22%7D%5D”][vc_column_text]The Five Freedoms were created in the UK by the Farm Animal Welfare Council in 1979 in response to large scale, industrial farms. They now form the basis of much animal welfare legislation in the UK, as well as the European Union’s policy on farm animal welfare.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”five_freedom_grid col-padding” conditional_render=”%5B%7B%22value_role%22%3A%22administrator%22%7D%5D”][vc_column width=”1\/3″ offset=”vc_col-lg-2 vc_col-md-4 vc_col-xs-12″ conditional_render=”%5B%7B%22value_role%22%3A%22administrator%22%7D%5D” animation_type=”slideInUp”][vc_single_image image=”89″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″ animation_delay=”100″ offset=”vc_col-lg-2 vc_col-md-4 vc_col-xs-12″ conditional_render=”%5B%7B%22value_role%22%3A%22administrator%22%7D%5D” animation_type=”slideInUp”][vc_single_image image=”83″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” hover_effect=”yes” el_class=”icons-hover”][vc_column_text el_class=”freedom-des-title”]Freedom from Hunger and Thirst[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”freedom-description”]through ready access to fresh water and a diet to maintain full health and vigour.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″ animation_delay=”200″ offset=”vc_col-lg-2 vc_col-md-4 vc_col-xs-12″ conditional_render=”%5B%7B%22value_role%22%3A%22administrator%22%7D%5D” animation_type=”slideInUp”][vc_single_image image=”84″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” el_class=”icons-hover”][vc_column_text el_class=”freedom-des-title”]Freedom from Discomfort[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”freedom-description”]by providing an appropriate environment including shelter and a comfortable resting area.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″ animation_delay=”300″ offset=”vc_col-lg-2 vc_col-md-4 vc_col-xs-12″ conditional_render=”%5B%7B%22value_role%22%3A%22administrator%22%7D%5D” animation_type=”slideInUp”][vc_single_image image=”85″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” el_class=”icons-hover”][vc_column_text el_class=”freedom-des-title”]Freedom from Pain, Injury or Disease[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”freedom-description”]by prevention or rapid diagnosis and treatment.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″ animation_delay=”400″ offset=”vc_col-lg-2 vc_col-md-4 vc_col-xs-12″ conditional_render=”%5B%7B%22value_role%22%3A%22administrator%22%7D%5D” animation_type=”slideInUp”][vc_single_image image=”86″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” el_class=”icons-hover”][vc_column_text el_class=”freedom-des-title”]Freedom to Express Normal Behaviour[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”freedom-description”]by providing sufficient space, proper facilities and company of the animal’s own kind.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″ animation_delay=”500″ offset=”vc_col-lg-2 vc_col-md-4 vc_col-xs-12″ conditional_render=”%5B%7B%22value_role%22%3A%22administrator%22%7D%5D” animation_type=”slideInUp”][vc_single_image image=”87″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” el_class=”icons-hover”][vc_column_text el_class=”freedom-des-title”]Freedom from Fear and Distress[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”freedom-description”]by ensuring conditions and treatment which avoid mental suffering.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”80px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”col-padding” conditional_render=”%5B%7B%22value_role%22%3A%22administrator%22%7D%5D” el_id=”Five-Freedoms-in-Hong-Kong”][vc_column el_class=”content-title-wtbg” conditional_render=”%5B%7B%22value_role%22%3A%22administrator%22%7D%5D”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Five Freedoms in Hong Kong<\/h2>\n

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Freedom from Hunger<\/h3><\/div>
Although some of the fresh meat and poultry offered for sale in Hong Kong is from animals reared locally, the bulk comes from live animals imported into Hong Kong, mostly from China. Many of these \u2013 pigs, goats, cattle and poultry \u2013 are transported long distances with limited provision for food and water. This can easily lead to hunger, dehydration and distress. To combat this, cattle are sometimes \u201cforce fed\u201d water by having a hose passed down their oesophagus and into the stomach, causing obvious discomfort and suffering.<\/div> <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”123″ img_size=”full” alignment=”right” label=””][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=”35″ equal_height=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1702283905670{background-color: #f5f9ff !important;}” conditional_render=”%5B%7B%22value_role%22%3A%22administrator%22%7D%5D” animation_type=”fadeInUp” el_id=”freedom-discomfort” el_class=”freedom-sections col-padding”][vc_column][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1702285877743{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″]
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Freedom from Discomfort<\/h3><\/div>
Many of the food animals in Hong Kong spend their lives in conditions which cause obvious discomfort. This ranges from fish in wet markets or restaurants kept in shallow tanks to pigs being reared in conditions with no bedding and poor ventilation. Often, only small changes need to be made to alleviate a great deal of their suffering.<\/div> <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”121″ img_size=”full” alignment=”right” label=””][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=”35″ equal_height=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1702283915704{background-color: #f5f9ff !important;}” conditional_render=”%5B%7B%22value_role%22%3A%22administrator%22%7D%5D” animation_type=”fadeInUp” el_id=”freedom-pain” el_class=”freedom-sections col-padding”][vc_column][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1702286020880{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″]
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Freedom from Pain, Injury or Disease<\/h3><\/div>
Chickens raised for meat are intensively reared, kept in sheds often containing several thousand animals. Dirty litter and poor ventilation leads to burns on the bird\u2019s hocks and respiratory diseases. They also grow three or four times quicker than other chickens, sometimes reaching slaughter weight in just six weeks. This can lead to all sorts of complications including fractures caused by bones unable to hold up their weight.<\/div> <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”122″ img_size=”full” alignment=”right” label=””][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=”35″ equal_height=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1702283922780{background-color: #f5f9ff !important;}” conditional_render=”%5B%7B%22value_role%22%3A%22administrator%22%7D%5D” animation_type=”fadeInUp” el_id=”freedom-normal” el_class=”freedom-sections col-padding”][vc_column][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1702286073442{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″]
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Freedom to Express Normal Behaviour<\/h3><\/div>
The intensive rearing of food animals in abnormally large groups or in very cramped and often barren conditions, removes the freedom of animals to perform much of their normal behaviour. Breeding sows, for example, are often kept either tethered or in very small stalls without enough room to turn around. These approaches deny animals the opportunity to display even the most basic of behaviours and often create abnormal behaviours, such as cannibalism and aggression. To prevent this from happening, many animals face mutilations such as beak trimming and tail docking – both usually carried out without anaesthesia.<\/div> <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”124″ img_size=”full” alignment=”right” label=””][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=”35″ equal_height=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1702283930252{background-color: #f5f9ff !important;}” conditional_render=”%5B%7B%22value_role%22%3A%22administrator%22%7D%5D” animation_type=”fadeInUp” el_id=”freedom-fear” el_class=”freedom-sections col-padding”][vc_column][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1702286105972{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″]
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Freedom from Fear & Distress<\/h3><\/div>
A large portion of the poultry and fish consumed every day in Hong Kong is purchased in wet markets. In most cases live animals are killed as they are purchased. Almost without exception, poultry in Hong Kong wet markets are slaughtered by having their throats cut and bleed to death while fully conscious. This causes considerable fear and distress and the SPCA firmly believes that all animals should be rendered unconscious before slaughter to prevent this degree of suffering.<\/div> <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”125″ img_size=”full” alignment=”right” label=””][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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