US Public Attitudes on Animal Welfare During a Disease Outbreak: Strengthening Animal Disaster Management, Pandemic Preparedness, and the Sustainability of US Agriculture

Raymond Anthony () and Pedro Henrique Ramos Cerqueira
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Raymond Anthony: Department of Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA
Pedro Henrique Ramos Cerqueira: Department of Statistics, Center for Exact Sciences, State University of Londrina, Londrina 86057-970, PR, Brazil

Agriculture, 2025, vol. 15, issue 5, 1-22

Abstract: This study utilized quantitative methodology in a national online survey to investigate the US public’s beliefs and attitudes regarding human–animal conflicts during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a view to understanding their willingness to consider animals’ interests during a disease outbreak. Our results suggest that the norms regarding prioritizing animal welfare are closely linked to respondents’ sense of relationship with animals and that the development of plans and processes for animal disease management, an essential component of public health preparedness systems, should be informed by the value commitments and ethical motivations of a diverse range of the US public.

Keywords: COVID-19; animal welfare; public health ethics; animal disaster management; risk communication; zoonotic disease; multi-logistic regression (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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