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Bewertung der Tiergerechtheit in der intensiven Hähnchenmast durch Bürger anhand von Bildern: ein Survey-Experiment

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  • Busch, Gesa
  • Schwetje, Carolin
  • Spiller, Achim

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Ausgehend von einer vorrangig medial geführten und somit bildgestützten Diskussion um Tierhaltungsverfahren und Tiergerechtheit in Deutschland untersucht dieser Beitrag die Bürgerwahrnehmung intensiver Hähnchenmast. Dazu wurden in einem Survey-Experiment Bürgern fünf verschiedene Bilder aus einem 40 000er Maststall vorgelegt. Die Bilder sind in demselben Stall aufgenommen und variieren im Alter der Tiere und der Besatzdichte. Um einer wechselseitigen Beeinflussung der Probanden durch verschiedene Bilder vorzubeugen, wurde die Stichprobe geteilt und jedem Probanden nur ein Bild gezeigt. Insgesamt fällt die Bewertung der Bilder sehr negativ aus. Lediglich Bilder des Stalls mit Eintagsküken (Besatzdichte: 0,8 kg/m²) werden positiver wahrgenommen. Für die Kommunikation tiergerechterer Systeme ergeben sich daraus Herausforderungen für die Branche, da die in Wissenschaft und Politik u.a. diskutierte Reduktion der Besatzdichte in der bildlichen Kommunikation allein für den Bürger keinen ersichtlichen Vorteil der Tiergerechtheit bringt. Based on media discussion about animal production systems and animal welfare in Germany that mainly relies on pictures, this study analyses the citizen perception of intensive broiler fattening. In a survey experiment, five pictures from a 40,000 broiler barn were shown to citizens. The pictures were taken in the same barn but vary in age of the animals and stocking densities. The sample was split to avoid the five pictures from influencing the perception and each participant was shown only one picture. Overall, the eval-uation of the pictures was very negative. Only the picture showing day-old-chicks was perceived as favorable (stocking density: 0.8 kg/m²). This is a challenge for the communication of animal welfare standards because the reductions, inter alia currently being discussed in science and politics of stocking densities were not perceived as an animal welfare advantage from a citizen perspective.

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  • Busch, Gesa & Schwetje, Carolin & Spiller, Achim, 2015. "Bewertung der Tiergerechtheit in der intensiven Hähnchenmast durch Bürger anhand von Bildern: ein Survey-Experiment," German Journal of Agricultural Economics, Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Department for Agricultural Economics, vol. 64(03), September.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:gjagec:270176
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.270176
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