Animal welfare & human values [[electronic resource] /] / Rod Preece & Lorna Chamberlain
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| Autore: |
Preece Rod <1939->
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| Titolo: |
Animal welfare & human values [[electronic resource] /] / Rod Preece & Lorna Chamberlain
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| Pubblicazione: | Waterloo, Ont., Canada, : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c1993 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (345 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 179.3 |
| Soggetto topico: | Animal welfare - Moral and ethical aspects |
| Animals - Social aspects | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
ChamberlainLorna
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| 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, |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Animal welfare & human values |
| ISBN: | 1-280-92492-6 |
| 9786610924929 | |
| 0-88920-644-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910454680203321 |
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