Ebook: Understanding Animal Welfare: An Integrated Approach
Author: Edward N. Eadie (auth.)
- Tags: Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management, Animal Ecology, Zoology
- Series: Animal Welfare 13
- Year: 2012
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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This book examines the contents, influence, and potential of a personal selection of modern books published over the last fifty years that have been relevant to improving welfare. The works selected comprise three earlier classics that mainly deal with animal experimentation and intensive farming, as well as five that concentrate on specific subject areas, namely history, science, applied ethics, politics and law, that are important to protecting the welfare of animals against suffering inflicted by humans. The books are arranged in the order of their publication date, and for each one a few related works are also mentioned or discussed. This collection provides a broad understanding of animal protection issues, and provides the necessary basis for an informed and comprehensive approach to improving the welfare of animals. The books selected have been influential and they have the potential to improve animal welfare in the future.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction....Pages 1-5
Experimentation on Animals....Pages 7-18
Intensive Farming Industry....Pages 19-31
Immorality of the Treatment of Animals by Humans....Pages 33-43
History of Challenges to Speciesism....Pages 45-49
Science of Animal Behaviour and Welfare....Pages 51-64
Practical Ethics in Achievement of Direct Reform....Pages 65-75
Politics of Animal Protection....Pages 77-88
Legislative Enactment for Animal Protection....Pages 89-103
Conclusions....Pages 105-110
Back Matter....Pages 111-128
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction....Pages 1-5
Experimentation on Animals....Pages 7-18
Intensive Farming Industry....Pages 19-31
Immorality of the Treatment of Animals by Humans....Pages 33-43
History of Challenges to Speciesism....Pages 45-49
Science of Animal Behaviour and Welfare....Pages 51-64
Practical Ethics in Achievement of Direct Reform....Pages 65-75
Politics of Animal Protection....Pages 77-88
Legislative Enactment for Animal Protection....Pages 89-103
Conclusions....Pages 105-110
Back Matter....Pages 111-128
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