Responsible animal care has many facets, including:
– Understanding what is animal welfare,
– Making sure we take care of basics needs,
– The laws and how they are enforced,
– Identifying what needs fixing and fixing it,
– Communicating with the public and consumer,
– Combining research and ethics,
– Making sure industry is at the table and providing input.

Working together means with your neighbor, community, fellow producers, other all livestock groups, regulators and those outside the industry. We have diversity within groups and often are challenged by the diversity within the livestock industry, let alone the chalenges of working with those outside the industry. in this paper the points above will be discussed and also examples will be given on how collective, cooperative actions advance animal care.