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There are endless on-going debates in animal welfare. This book seeks to distil some of the major themes of current debate into one volume edited by internationally known names in the field of animal welfare. Each chapter, written by a leading expert wil discuss in an open-handed way a provocative topic, which will be of interest to anyone concerned with animal welfare. Issues covered include tail docking, pet obesity, isolation vs. group aggression, neutering feral cats and the need to conserve wildlife habitats in the face of wild animal overpopulation.
This book is comprised of 11 chapters covering different dilemmas in animal welfare. It deals with how, when deciding on the best way to treat an animal or groups of animals, one can be torn either between different concerns relating to the physical andaffective welfare of the animal or between concern for the welfare of the animal and other competing concerns. Topics discussed include dilemmas within animal welfare (tail docking in cattle, welfare effects of obesity in cats and dogs and welfare and quantity of life), animal welfare and social priorities (improving farm animal welfare, divergent values ascribed to different animals and public health and animal welfare), animal welfare and conservation (balancing the need for conservation and the welfare of individual animals and value conflicts in feral cat management) and conceptual dilemmas (risk assessment approach to group housing and suffering in animals).
1. Introduction : values, dilemmas and solutions -- 2. Tales about tails : is the mutilation of animals justifiable in their best interests or in ours? -- 3. Fat companions : understanding the welfare effects of obesity in cats and dogs -- 4. Welfare an quantity of life -- 5. Improving farm animal welfare : is evolution or revolution needed in production systems? -- 6. Whom should we eat? Why veal can be better for welfare than chicken -- 7. Public health and animal welfare -- 8. Balancing the need for conservation and the welfare of individual animals -- 9. Value conflicts in feral cat management : trap-neuter-return or trap-euthanize? -- 10. Alone or together : a risk assessment approach to group housing -- 11. What is suffering in animals?
edited by Michael C. Appleby, Daniel M. Weary and Peter Sandoe
Includes bibliographical references and index