animal welfare
The protection of animals' health with appropriate accommodation, nutrition and careThe protection of animals' health with appropriate accommodation, nutrition and care.
» People should care more about animals' welfare.
Ergulis · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(uncountable)The protection of animals' health with appropriate accommodation, nutrition and care.
(uncountable)The safeguarding of animals in a laboratory or similar environment with a code of practice, enforced by legislation or regulation.
Examples
2 sentencesPeople should care more about animals' welfare.
Boldi works for an animal welfare organization.
Translations
3 languagesWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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