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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454680203321

Autore

Preece Rod <1939->

Titolo

Animal welfare & human values [[electronic resource] /] / Rod Preece & Lorna Chamberlain

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waterloo, Ont., Canada, : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c1993

ISBN

1-280-92492-6

9786610924929

0-88920-644-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ChamberlainLorna

Disciplina

179.3

Soggetti

Animal welfare - Moral and ethical aspects

Animals - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-320) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; One: The Status of Animals: From Human Origins to Humanism; Two: The Status of Animals: From the Age of Humanism to the Twentieth Century; Three: Animal Experimentation: Prologue; Four: Animal Experimentation: The Debate; Five: Animal Experimentation: The Alternatives; Six: Animal Experimentation: Legislation and Assessment; Seven: Hunting, Fishing and Fowling; Eight: Frivolous Fur: Veneration and Environmentalism; Nine: Frivolous Fur: Trappers, Clubbers and Farmers; Ten: Animals in Entertainment: Racing, Riding and Fighting

Eleven: Animals in Entertainment: Zoos, Aquaria and CircusesTwelve: Of Farms and Factories; Thirteen: Companion Animals; Fourteen: The Community of Sentient Beings; Fifteen: The Philosophy of Animal Rights; Sixteen: The Philosophy of Animal Protection; Seventeen: Epilogue: Ode to Sensibility; Select Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

As the most populous province in Canada, Ontario is a microcosm of the animal welfare issues which beset Western civilization. The authors of this book, chairman and vice-chairman, respectively, of the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, find themselves constantly being made aware of the atrocities committed in the



Society's jurisdiction.     They have been, in turn, puzzled, exasperated and horrified at humanity's cruelty to our fellow sentient beings. The issues discussed in this book are the most contentious in animal welfare disputes - animal experimentation,