The current survey was undertaken to determine the consumer behavior in red meat consumption in central district of Elazığ andto elaborate consumers’ opinion on animal welfare. The survey was carried out in March 2010 with a total of 463 consumers. Resultsshowed that 58.4% of the consumers preferred red meat over other meats. The species preferred ranked from the most to the leastas “beef” (55.3%), “sheep” (15.3%), and “goat” (11.7%). As for the preparation of red meat for consumption, 40.8% of the consumerspreferred “barbecuing-frying”, 40.8% were “preparing with vegetable”, 8.6% were “boiling”, and 9.7% were “others”. 44.3% of the familiespreferring red meat was consuming “less than 4.0 kg meat/month” 49.2% of the families found the meat they consume palatable. “Thebutchers” ranked first with 66.6% as the preferred place of purchase of meat. In addition, 78.8% of the consumers found the red meatthey consumed as trustable. 46.0% of the consumers joined the survey thought that “beef cattle” were the animals facing welfareproblem most. The primary problem for livestock concerned by the consumers was “health services” (25.0%) while the primary welfareproblem that the animals were exposed to was “the lack of veterinary service and care” (18.0%). Parallel to these parameters, 22.0% ofthe consumers thought that the major problem that needs to be improved for in the life of animals were “animal diseases”.