Dilemmas in animal welfare [
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 t...
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Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK :
CABI ,
c2014
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| Online Access: | https://www.cabi.org/cabebooks/FullTextPDF/2014/20143138804.pdf |
Table of Contents:
- 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?