Animal Machines [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Harrison Ruth
• Pubblicazione: CABI, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 p.)
• Disciplina: 636.0832
• Soggetto topico: Factory farms; Animal welfare; Animal industry; Livestock; Agriculture; Earth & Environmental Sciences; Animal Sciences
• Persona (resp. second.): CarsonRachel; DawkinsMarian Stamp
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Animal Machines
• ISBN: 1-78064-298-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910627292903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II