The five needs are not totally separate… if you fail at one need, you could be failing at another.
Example: An animal living in housing that is not kept at the correct temperature does not live in a suitable environment and is not protected from pain, suffering, injury and disease
#animalwelfare

Protecting animals from pain, suffering, injury, and disease:
This can include prompt vet treatment, preventative health care (worming/vaccinations), carrying out health checks and safe housing

Ensuring animals are housed with or apart from others:
This is about ensuring social animals are kept in groups or solitary animals are kept apart

Allowing animals to exhibit normal behaviours:
This can include having the correct space, enrichments, social groupings, furniture and feeding methods

Offering a suitable diet:
This means providing the correct diet to an animal and ensuring they have access to clean drinking water

Providing a suitable environment:
This can include having correct space, light levels (and cycles), temperature, bedding, furniture, enrichments, ventilation and humidity

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Although there are 5 needs, they are not totally separate, they can cross over.

Example: An animal not living in a suitable warm home does not have a suitable environment and is not fee from pain, suffering injury or disease

Protecting Animals from Pain, Suffering, Injury, and Disease can include:
Prompt Veterinary Care/Preventative treatments/Carrying out health checks/Safe housing

Ensuring animals are housed with or apart from others includes:
Having animals in correct social groups. Are they social or solitary?

Allowing animals to exhibit normal behaviours can include:
Space/Enrichments/Correct social groupings/Correct feeding methods/Furniture

A suitable diet can include:
Correct diet/provision of clean fresh water

A suitable environment can include:
Enough space/Light/Humidity/Temperature/Cleanliness/Furniture/Ventilation/Bedding/Enrichment