{"id":78,"date":"2023-02-15T17:35:20","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T17:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spca.org.hk\/?page_id=78"},"modified":"2024-02-19T10:48:24","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T02:48:24","slug":"animal-welfare","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.spca.org.hk\/what-we-do\/animal-welfare\/","title":{"rendered":"Animal Welfare"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What is Animal Welfare?<\/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]To us, animal welfare starts with the belief that animals are capable of feeling and are able to experience both suffering and well-being. Numerous studies have shown that animals are complex beings, able to experience emotions, communicate with each other, learn and feel pain.<\/p>\n

Animal welfare is about ensuring the well-being of each animal from the its point of view. It encompasses both the physical and psychological aspects of its well-being.<\/p>\n

The pages in this section will give you a good understanding of the issues we face in Hong Kong.[\/vc_column_text][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”][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<\/h2>\n

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