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title: "Animal welfare"
date: "2016-09-30T16:22:18+01:00"
modified: "2025-08-06T10:23:07+01:00"
url: "https://understandinghumanism.org.uk/res_perspective/animal-welfare-and-vegetarianism/"
post_id: 975
---

# Animal welfare

How can evidence and empathy inform decisions about animal welfare? What do humanists think about eating meat?

[Download humanist perspective](https://understandinghumanism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2016/09/Animal-welfare-humanist-perspective.pdf)

[Humanists UK’s animal welfare campaign page](http://humanism.org.uk/campaigns/public-ethical-issues/animal-welfare)

[Humanists UK statement on The Five Freedoms for Animals](https://humanists.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021-09-16-LW-v1-Five-Freedoms-copy.png)

[A exploration of the Humanists UK archives on matters of animal welfare](https://heritage.humanists.uk/article/humanists-and-animal-welfare/)