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Record Nr.

UNINA9910627288003321

Titolo

Dilemmas in animal welfare / / edited by Michael C. Appleby, Daniel M. Weary and Peter Sandøe ; commissioning editor, Sarah Hulbert, Julia Killick ; production editor, Simon Hill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxfordshire, England ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : CAB International, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-78064-217-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Disciplina

179.3

636.0832

Soggetti

Animal welfare

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1. Introduction: Values, Dilemmas and Solutions; Part I: Dilemmas Within Animal Welfare; 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 and Quantity of Life; Part II: Animal Welfare and Social Priorities; 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

Part III: Animal Welfare and Conservation8. Balancing the Need for Conservation and the Welfare of Individual Animals; 9. Value Conflicts in Feral Cat Management: Trap-Neuter-Return or Trap-Euthanize?; Part IV: Conceptual dilemmas; 10. Alone or Together: A Risk Assessment Approach to Group Housing; 11. What is Suffering in Animals?; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

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 will 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