Animal Machines [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910627292903321
• Autore: Harrison Ruth
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: CABI, 2013
• ISBN: 1-78064-298-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 p.)
• Disciplina: 636.0832
• Soggetti: Factory farms; Animal welfare; Animal industry; Livestock; Agriculture; Earth & Environmental Sciences; Animal Sciences
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 1 Why We Still Need to Read Animal Machines; 2 Ruth Harrison - Tribute To An Inspirational Friend; 3 Animal Machines - Prophecy and Philosophy; 4 Ruth Harrison - A Tribute; 5 Ruth Harrison's Later Writings and Animal Welfare Work; Foreword to 1964 Edition; Acknowledgements; I. Introduction; II. Broiler Chickens; III. Poultry Packing Stations; IV. Battery Birds; V. Veal Calves; VI. Other Intensive Units; The New Factory Farming - A Pictorial Summary; VII. The Basis of Quality; VIII. Quantity Versus Quality; IX. Cruelty and Legislation; X. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; EF; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
• Sommario/riassunto: First published in 1964, Ruth Harrison's book Animal Machines had a profound and lasting impact on world agriculture, public opinion and the quality of life of millions of farmed animals. Concerned with welfare standards at a time when animal production was increasing in scale and mechanisation, Ruth Harrison set about investigating the situation in a fair and even-handed way. Reporting her findings in Animal Machines, Harrison alerted the public to the undeniable suffering of calves living ; in veal crates and birds in battery cages. Written at the beginning of the intensive farming movement, w