Heimliche stallaufnahmen aus gesellschaftlicher sicht im wechselspiel zwischen landwirtschaft, tierschutzorganisationen und staatlichen kontrollmechanismen

Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

Authors

Undercover investigations in animal husbandry have attracted great media attention in recent years. Animal welfare organizations, farmers and politicians have been discussing the need for undercover investigations and their consequences for animal activists. Since the public perspective and its influencing factors had not previously been scientifically investigated an exploratory study with 292 German consumers is conducted. Using structural equation modeling the attitude to undercover investigations and their influencing factors are revealed. Generally the results show a positive attitude towards undercover investigations. They are perceived as necessary for animal welfare reasons because state-owned control mechanisms are unsatisfactory. In addition, the results show that the work of responsible animal welfare organizations receives social approval and the public is unsure about the psychological burden on affected farmers. The positive attitude towards undercover investigations is influenced by the increasingly critical view on livestock farming. However, the public rejects harsher punishment of investigators. Undercover investigations demonstrate the discrepancy between agriculture and society and show that the welfare of farm animals is becoming increasingly important.

Translated title of the contributionA public perspective of undercover investigations in animal husbandry - An interaction between agriculture, animal welfare organizations and governmental control
Original languageGerman
JournalGerman Journal of Agricultural Economics
Volume67
Issue number4
Pages (from-to)267-280
Number of pages14
ISSN0002-1121
Publication statusPublished - 01.12.2018
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Deutscher Fachverlag GmbH.

Recently viewed

Activities

  1. Inklusive Schule durch zivilgesellschaftliche Akteure?! Herausforderungen im Kontext von (Re-)Nationalisierung und Neoliberalisierung in Deutschland und der Türkei.
  2. Diskriminierungskritische Schulentwicklung im Kontext aktueller Fluchtmigrationen? Verhandlung von Transformationsanforderungen und (neuen) Ausschlüssen in Schulen.
  3. Der Besucher im Focus: Museale Ausstellungen im Kontext von Erlebnis und Erkenntnis.: Tagung, Einsatz moderner Informationsvermittlungstechnik in musealen Ausstellungen.
  4. Activism against discrimination in education: What can we learn from current approaches, conflicts and tactics in Berlin when creating inclusive schools and migration societies?
  5. Diskriminierungskritische Schulentwicklung im Kontext aktueller Fluchtmigrationen – Reflexionen zur Produktivität von Transformationskonzepten im qualitativen Forschungsprozess
  6. Sachunterricht für das 21. Jahrhundert. Anschluss an internationale Positionen und Perspektiven: Vortrag im Rahmen der Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Didaktik des Sachunterrichts e.V. (GDSU)
  7. (Neue) Regierungsweisen von Familien und Schulen im sozialen Nahraum vor dem Hintergrund einer neoliberalen Fragmentierung des Nationalstaates. Eine dispositivanalytische Untersuchung am Beispiel Berlin.
  8. Involving Civil Society Actors in Shaping Education Systems that are Sensitive to Intersectional Forms of Discrimination against ‚Refugee students‘ – (New) Challenges in Light of a Global Education Governance
  9. Schulen und Familien im Fokus innerstädtischer Diskurse um „ethnische Segregation“ und „sozialräumliche Aufwertung“. Eine Analyse dispositiver Formationen am Beispiel der Berliner Stadtteile Neukölln und Kreuzberg.