Public Response to Media Coverage of Animal Cruelty

Tiplady, Catherine; Walsh, Deborah-Anne B.; Phillips, Clive J. C.

doi:10.1007/s10806-012-9412-0

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“…However, judgments of trustworthiness are also affected by the extent to which individuals or organisations are perceived to be transparent about their practices (Peters et al 1997;Fisman and Khanna 1999;Maeda and Miyahara 2003;Rawlins 2008). This may explain why animal-protection groups are considered more credible sources of information than are livestock industry groups (McKendree et al 2014), and why this positive perception increases following animal-abuse scandals (Scudder and Bishop-Mills 2009;Tiplady et al 2013). These results are consistent with other research, showing that whistle-blowers are viewed favourably by society (Callahan and Dworkin 2000), despite the short-term upheaval caused by exposés (Hersh 2002).…”

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“…This resistance is likely to be increased as a result of the reputational damage already suffered by the livestock industries. Animal-advocacy organisations are seen as more trustworthy sources of information than are animal industries (McKendree et al 2014), and this difference in credibility is magnified in the wake of animal-abuse exposés when attitudes towards the livestock sector are especially negative (Tiplady et al 2013). This may explain why negative press has a much greater impact on consumer behaviour than has any positive effect from advertising (Verbeke and Ward 2001).…”

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Public concerns about dairy-cow welfare: how should the industry respond?

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Keyserlingk

2017

Anim. Prod. Sci.

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Abstract. Common practices on dairy farms have fallen out of step with public values, such that the dairy industry has now become a target for public criticism. In the present paper, we describe some of the forces that have led to the current situation, and various potential methods to rectify the situation. One approach is to shield industry practices from public scrutiny, for example, by using 'ag-gag' legislation to stem the flow of videos exposing contentious practices. Another is to educate members of the public so that they better understand the nature of these practices and the reasons that they are used on farms. The literature we reviewed indicated that neither of these approaches is likely to be successful. Instead, we suggest that the dairy industry needs to develop methods of meaningful two-way engagement with concerned citizens, including research using social-science methods to document the values of different stakeholders and examine approaches to resolving conflicts. We also reviewed how biological research can help resolve issues, for example, by developing rearing systems that address public concerns around freedom of movement and social contact without putting animals at an increased risk of disease. We end with a discussion of how policy efforts by the dairy industry can be used to ensure compliance with commonly accepted standards, and more ambitiously, develop a common vision of dairying that positions the industry as a leader in animal welfare.

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Public concerns about dairy-cow welfare: how should the industry respond?

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2017

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“…avoidance of male partner; hiding; running away) and aggression (towards male partner/strangers) (Tiplady, Walsh and Phillips, 2012). These results confirm that living with domestic violence is stressful for companion animals irrespective of whether the animals are directly abused or not (Tiplady, Walsh and Phillips, 2012). The high levels of fear based behaviours have confirmed similar results reported by McMillan et al (2015).…”

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“…This is confirmed by previous research in which women participants spoke positively of being part of a survey on domestic violence and the effect on animal welfare (Tiplady, Walsh and Phillips, 2012).…”

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“…Apart from research by , Hardesty, Khaw, Ridgway, Weber and Miles (2013) and Tiplady, Walsh and Phillips (2012), most existing research on domestic violence and animal abuse has not enquired as to whether the exposed animals has displayed any behavioural changes as a result of the exposure. Whilst the behaviour of stressed 1 animals has been described in the veterinary behaviour literature (e.g.…”

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