The four "I‘s" of animal suffering
There are four situations where humans are directly responsible for animal suffering -called the four "Is":
- Ignorance - not knowing what to do or claiming this in defence.
- Inexperience - knowing what to do, but not knowing how to do it.
- Incompetence - knowing what to do and how to do it, but inability to do it.
- Inconsideration - being able to do it, but not caring.
(From Gregory, N (1988). Animal Welfare and Meat Science, CAB 1998, taken from Clive Dalton's blog: http://woolshed1.blogspot.co.uk/2008_11_01_archive.html)
