Eine empirische Analyse zum Angebot von Tierwohl-Fleisch in Fleischerfachgeschäften

Pirsich, Wiebke; Hardenberg, Louisa von; Theuvsen, Ludwig

doi:10.12767/buel.v95i2.165

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“…De Goede et al [22] and more recently, the Finnish Food Safety Authority [29] and the International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed (IPIFF) [27] formulated suggestions for insect welfare based on these Five Freedoms. The benefit of this approach is that the Five Freedoms are a well-established set of principles that incorporate the different aspects of animal welfare [15][16][17].…”

Section: Aspects Concerning the Animal Welfare Of Insectsmentioning

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“…There is no universally-accepted definition of animal welfare with different stakeholders focusing on different aspects of this multidimensional concept [15][16][17]. Franz et al [16] differentiate between three main approaches: (1) the "Biological Functioning Approach" focuses on animals being healthy, showing good productivity (e.g., daily growth) and reproducing well, (2) the "Affective States Approach" evaluates feelings and defines animal welfare as maximizing positive and minimizing negative feeling (e.g., suffering or pain), (3) the "Natural Living Approach" focuses on animals being able to express their "species-specific innate and natural behaviour" [16] (p. 1447).…”

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Edible Insects as Food–Insect Welfare and Ethical Aspects from a Consumer Perspective

Delvendahl¹,

Rumpold²,

Langen³

2022

Insects

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A growing number of studies underline consumers’ concerns about the importance of animal welfare as a general concept for consumers’ purchase decisions. In particular, consumers perceive animal husbandry to be one of the most important aspects of animal welfare. Since intensive livestock production is criticized across society, the acceptance of current intensive production systems of edible insects is an issue of investigation. Criteria of insect welfare might differ from vertebrate welfare. One might argue that it is difficult to define standards for insect welfare due to their large diversity in living environments and feed requirements. In addition, it is debated whether insects are conscious and suffer from pain. It has been demanded to rear insects preferably under natural living conditions and some researchers proposed to consider them as sentient beings. Basic welfare and ethical aspects of insects as food and feed include species-specific mass rearing conditions and euthanasia, i.e., killing procedures. Consumers’ opinions and concerns regarding this issue have hardly been considered so far. In this paper, the animal welfare of prevalent livestock is defined and outlined, and relevant criteria are transferred to insect welfare. Different ways consumers might arrive at an animal welfare understanding are discussed, along with an overview of the few consumer studies on insect welfare. Furthermore, we consider how insects are presented in the public discourse and infer how this might be relevant to consumers’ perceptions of insect welfare.

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Edible Insects as Food–Insect Welfare and Ethical Aspects from a Consumer Perspective

Delvendahl¹,

Rumpold²,

Langen³

2022

Insects

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“…Farm size plays an important role in public discussions surrounding agriculture and critiques on livestock farming [3,4,5]. The public often perceives large-scale farming as being detrimental for animal welfare and achieving lower sustainability levels [5][6][7][8]. Contrastingly, scientific studies show that farm size is not a good indicator for sustainability [4,[9][10][11][12].…”

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‘Factory farming’? Public perceptions of farm sizes and sustainability in animal farming

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Bayer²,

Spiller³

et al. 2022

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Farm sizes play an important role in increasing public debates surrounding the sustainability of agriculture, specifically of animal farming. While research cannot find consistent relationships between sustainability and farm sizes, the ‘small-is-beautiful’-hypothesis remains still prominent in public perceptions. The aim of this study is to deeply analyze public associations coming with small and large farms with a focus on sustainability issues, including animal welfare. We additionally consider the memory of media reporting on farms with different sizes, wishes for legal regulations on farm and herd sizes, and the persuasiveness of scientific results that disentangle farm size from sustainability aspects. To answer these questions, an online survey with 985 German residents was conducted in May 2021 and descriptively analyzed. Although the attribute ‘small numbers of animals’ range among the less important ones that constitute an ‘ideal animal farm’ (rank 10 of 12 attributes), the large majority of participants (75.8%) reveal a preference for small over large animal farms. This is backed up by the perception that small farms are advantageous in terms of good animal welfare, environmental protection and product quality, but disadvantaged when it comes to profitability. Additionally, negative media reporting on animal farms (remembered by 92%) is more frequently related to large farms (82.5%) whereas positive media reporting (remembered by 81.4%) are mainly linked to small farms by 56.8%. More than half of respondents wish for regulations that limit farm and barn sizes. Scientific results finding no relationship between farm size and animal protection or climate protection are convincing for only 33.0% and 39.8% of the sample, respectively. A large farm size acts as a proxy for farming systems with low animal welfare and conservation levels. This challenges communications about the future of farming with the public as it can be assumed that farm sizes will further increase.

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Eine empirische Analyse zum Angebot von Tierwohl-Fleisch in Fleischerfachgeschäften

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Edible Insects as Food–Insect Welfare and Ethical Aspects from a Consumer Perspective

Edible Insects as Food–Insect Welfare and Ethical Aspects from a Consumer Perspective

‘Factory farming’? Public perceptions of farm sizes and sustainability in animal farming

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