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Animals in Our Midst
| Animals in Our Midst |
| Autore | Bovenkerk Bernice |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Springer Nature, 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (574 pages) |
| Altri autori (Persone) | KeulartzJozef |
| Collana | The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics |
| Soggetto topico |
Veterinary medicine
Philosophy Ethics & moral philosophy The environment Zoology & animal sciences |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science
Philosophy of Nature Ethics Environment, general Zoology Animal Ethics Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics Environmental Sciences Environmental Ethics Anthropocene Animal Agency Gene Technology Veterinary medicine Philosophy Ethics & moral philosophy The environment Zoology & animal sciences |
| ISBN | 3-030-63523-6 |
| Classificazione | MED089000PHI005000PHI021000SCI026000SCI070000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- 1 Animals in Our Midst: An Introduction -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Animal Ethics in the Anthropocene -- 1.3 The Netherlands as Mirror of Biodiversity Problems -- 1.3.1 The Recovery of Wildlife -- 1.3.2 Exotic Species and Climate Refugees -- 1.3.3 The Sixth Mass Extinction -- 1.3.4 Rewilding and De-extinction -- 1.3.5 Intensive Livestock Farming -- 1.3.6 The Ecological Impact of Large-Scale Hunting -- 1.3.7 Companion Animals -- 1.3.8 The 'Liminalisation' of Wildlife -- 1.3.9 The Struggle for Nature Between People -- 1.4 Overview of the Volume -- 1.4.1 Part 1: Animal Agents -- 1.4.2 Part 2: Domesticated Animals -- 1.4.3 Part 3: Urban Animals -- 1.4.4 Part 4: Wild Animals -- 1.4.5 Part 5: Animal Artefacts -- References -- 2 Animal Conservation in the Twenty-First Century -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Viable Populations -- 2.3 Sufficiently Large Numbers and the Amount of Area They Require -- 2.4 Challenges -- 2.5 Trophic Downgrading: "When the Cat Is Away, the Mice Will Play" -- 2.6 Conservation in Twenty-First Century: 'Cores, Corridors and Carnivores' Meets 'Nature Needs Half' -- 2.7 Viable Ecosystems with Red Deer and Wolf in the Netherlands -- 2.7.1 Current Population of Red Deer in the Netherlands -- 2.7.2 Current Population of Wolf in the Netherlands -- 2.7.3 Predator-Prey Relation Between Wolf and Red Deer -- 2.8 The Netherlands in 2120 -- 2.9 Change -- 2.10 Further Reading -- References -- Part I Animal Agents -- 3 Taking Animal Perspectives into Account in Animal Ethics -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Conceptualizing Animal Agency: Two Models -- 3.2.1 Propositional Agency -- 3.2.2 Materialist Agency -- 3.2.3 A Working Definition of Agency -- 3.3 Taking into Account Relational Agency in Animal Ethics on the Micro- and Macro Level -- 3.3.1 Relational Agency and Animal Ethics.
3.3.2 Taking into Account Macro-Relations in Thinking About Agency and Ethics -- 3.4 Risks for Relational Approaches to Ethics -- 3.5 Further Directions -- 3.5.1 Research -- 3.5.2 Animal Cultures -- 3.5.3 Animal Workers -- 3.5.4 Further Directions -- References -- 4 Turning to Animal Agency in the Anthropocene -- 4.1 The Centrality of Agency -- 4.2 On Animal Agency and Self-Judging Obligations -- 4.3 Standpoint Acknowledgement and How to Ask the Right Questions -- 4.4 Calling for an "Animal Agency Turn" -- References -- 5 Animal Difference in the Age of the Selfsame -- 5.1 Progressivist Anti-naturalism -- 5.2 Sameness and Anthropocentrism -- 5.3 Violence Against Otherness -- 5.4 A Proposal for an Ethic of Animal Difference -- 5.5 Sameness and the Anthropocene -- 5.6 Conclusion -- References -- 6 Should the Lion Eat Straw Like the Ox? Animal Ethics and the Predation Problem -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Utilitarianism -- 6.2.1 Piecemeal Engineering -- 6.2.2 The Balance of Nature and the Argument from Ignorance -- 6.2.3 Paradise Engineering -- 6.3 Rights Theories -- 6.3.1 Lack of Moral Agency -- 6.3.2 Non-human Victims -- 6.4 The Capabilities Approach -- 6.4.1 The Other Species Capability -- 6.4.2 Broadening the Capabilities Approach -- 6.5 Political Theory of Animal Rights -- 6.5.1 Similarities and Dissimilarities with the Capabilities Approach -- 6.5.2 Competence and Risk -- 6.5.3 Positive and Negative Duties -- 6.5.4 The Limits of a Place-Based Approach -- 6.5.5 Blurring Boundaries -- 6.5.6 Learning to Hunt and to Avoid Predators -- 6.6 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 7 Justified Species Partiality -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Species-Membership Views of Moral Status -- 7.3 Strategy One: Moral Status Equality and Moral Considerability Diversity -- 7.4 Strategy Two: Equal Moral Status Without Equal Political Status. 7.5 Strategy Three: Differential Epistemic Position -- 7.6 Conclusion -- References -- 8 Humanity in the Living, the Living in Humans -- 8.1 Introduction: Animals, Plants and Humans -- 8.2 Food Makes the World Go Around -- 8.3 Values in Animal Plant Interactions -- 8.4 Do They Communicate with Each Other? -- 8.5 Collaboration as a Mechanism of Co-evolution -- 8.6 Tree of Life or Network? -- 8.7 Symbiosis, Symbionts, Holobionts and Place -- 8.8 Different Types of Relations Inter- and Intra-species -- 8.9 Matter and Meaning -- Philosophical Questions -- 8.10 Barriers: Classifications, Anthropocentrism and Hubris -- 8.11 Philosophical Challenges: Pandora's Box Versus New Skills -- 8.12 Conclusion -- References -- 9 Comment: The Current State of Nonhuman Animal Agency -- 9.1 Changing Perspectives Within Animal Ethics -- 9.2 The Problem of Predation -- 9.3 Human and Nonhuman Animals -- 9.4 The Future of Agency -- References -- Part II Domesticated Animals -- 10 An Introduction to Ecomodernism -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 The Optimal Role of Animals in Our Food System -- 10.3 The Case for Intensification -- 10.4 How History Shapes the Way We Think About Animal Farming -- 10.5 The Future of Animal Farming -- 10.6 The Future of Animal Eating -- 10.7 Conclusion -- References -- 11 Place-Making by Cows in an Intensive Dairy Farm: A Sociolinguistic Approach to Nonhuman Animal Agency -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Language and the Politics of Human Exceptionalism -- 11.3 Cows as Social and Linguistic Beings -- 11.4 Linguistic Place-Making in an Intensive Dairy Farm -- 11.4.1 The Fieldwork Site -- 11.4.2 Place-Making Through Practices of Sociality and Multilingualism -- 11.5 Conclusion -- References -- 12 The Vanishing Ethics of Husbandry -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Industrial Animal Production -- 12.3 Reforming Husbandry in Industrial Animal Production. 12.4 Philosophers and Animal Husbandry -- 12.5 Animal Husbandry and Animal Activism -- 12.6 The Eclipse of Husbandry and the Rise of Narcissism -- 12.7 Conclusion -- References -- 13 Reimagining Human Responsibility Towards Animals for Disaster Management in the Anthropocene -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Animal Disaster Ethics: Developing Disaster Frameworks -- 13.3 Animal Disaster Ethics: Revealing Animal Vulnerabilities -- 13.4 Animal Disaster Management: A Reimagining -- 13.5 Animal Disaster Management: Humanitarian Impulse and Animal Welfare Science -- 13.6 Animal Disaster Management: Aims and Recommendations for Ethically Responsible Caretaking -- 13.7 Recommendations -- References -- 14 The Decisions of Wannabe Dog Keepers in the Netherlands -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Animal Ethicists' Views on Dog Ownership -- 14.3 Pedigree Pups -- 14.4 Pups Without Pedigree -- 14.5 Shelter Dogs -- 14.6 Discussion -- References -- 15 Comment: Animals in 'Non-Ideal Ethics' and 'No-Deal Ethics' -- 15.1 Non-ideal Animal Ethics and the Meat Industry -- 15.2 Non-ideal Animal Ethics and Disaster Management -- 15.3 Non-ideal Ethics and Ethnographic Animal Studies -- 15.4 Towards a No-Deal Animal Ethics -- References -- Part III Urban Animals -- 16 Stray Agency and Interspecies Care: The Amsterdam Stray Cats and Their Humans -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 The Amsterdam Stray Cat Foundation -- 16.3 Degrees of Agency -- 16.4 Networks of Care -- 16.5 Cat Politics -- 16.5.1 Stray Cat Rights -- 16.5.2 Democratic Agency -- 16.6 Cat-Human Relations at the SAZ as a Model for Future Interactions -- 16.6.1 Ecologies of Care -- 16.6.2 Sharing the City -- 16.6.3 Interspecies Resistance as the Foundation for New Relations -- References -- 17 "Eek! A Rat!" -- 17.1 Introduction -- 17.2 From the Lab to the Liminal -- 17.3 How Fear and Disgust Impair Moral Judgment. 17.4 Rat Politics -- 17.5 Failure of Imagination -- 17.6 Sympathy for the Rat -- 17.7 Compassion: A Stepping Stone? -- 17.8 Compassion: Cornerstone of Interspecies Morality -- 17.9 From Anthropocentric to Multispecies Epistemologies -- 17.10 From Philosophical Deliberation to Compassionate Engagement -- 17.11 Conclusion -- References -- 18 Interpreting the YouTube Zoo: Ethical Potential of Captive Encounters -- 18.1 Introduction -- 18.2 Interpreting the YouTube Zoo -- 18.3 YouTube Orangutans Unsettling Binary Concepts -- 18.4 The YouTube Zoo: Increasing Encounter Value or Enabling a Moral Gaze? -- 18.5 Conclusion -- References -- 19 Wild Animals in the City: Considering and Connecting with Animals in Zoos and Aquariums -- 19.1 Introduction -- 19.2 Animal Welfare -- 19.3 Human-Animal Interactions -- 19.4 Wildness in Zoos -- 19.5 Compassionate Education Programs -- 19.6 Real Connections with Artificial Means -- 19.7 Conclusion -- References -- 20 Comment: Encountering Urban Animals: Towards the Zoöpolis -- 20.1 The Urban, the Animal -- 20.2 Urban Animal Encounters and the Politics of Spatial Access -- 20.2.1 The Home -- 20.2.2 The Zoo -- 20.2.3 The Streets/Parks/Margins -- 20.3 Towards the Zoöpolis -- 20.3.1 'Articulating With' Animals -- 20.3.2 Making Visible Relationalities -- 20.3.3 Re-Storying the City to Imagine Otherwise -- 20.4 Conclusion -- References -- Part IV Wild Animals -- 21 Should We Provide the Bear Necessities? Climate Change, Polar Bears and the Ethics of Supplemental Feeding -- 21.1 Introduction -- 21.2 Some Basic Premises of This Paper -- 21.3 The Situation of Polar Bears -- 21.4 Possible Responses to Abrupt Polar Bear Starvation -- 21.5 Ethical Reasons for Supplemental Feeding of Starving Bears -- 21.6 Ethical Reservations About Feeding Bears -- 21.6.1 Would Feeding Bears Harm the Bears Themselves?. 21.6.2 Would Feeding Bears Harm Other Sentient Animals?. |
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Bovenkerk Bernice
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| Springer Nature, 2021 | ||
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Nuclear and Radiological Emergencies in Animal Production Systems, Preparedness, Response and Recovery
| Nuclear and Radiological Emergencies in Animal Production Systems, Preparedness, Response and Recovery |
| Autore | Naletoski Ivancho |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Springer Nature, 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (206 pages) |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
LuckinsAnthony G
ViljoenGerrit |
| Soggetto topico |
Contaminació radioactiva
Producció animal Veterinària preventiva Veterinary medicine Public health & preventive medicine Accident & emergency medicine Animal ecology Biochemistry |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science
Public Health Emergency Services Animal Ecology Nutrition Veterinary Science Ecology Nuclear and Radiological Emergencies Radiological Contamination Animal Production Systems Disaster Management Open Access Veterinary medicine Public health & preventive medicine Accident & emergency medicine Zoology & animal sciences Biochemistry |
| ISBN | 3-662-63021-4 |
| Classificazione | MED003010MED078000MED089000SCI007000SCI020000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Contents -- About the Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: National Veterinary Services Roles and Responsibilities in Preparing for and Responding to Nuclear and Radiological Emergencies -- References -- Chapter 2: Short Refresher of Radiobiology -- 2.1 Atoms and Isotopes -- 2.2 Definition of Radiation -- 2.3 Types of Ionizing Radiation -- 2.3.1 ß− Decay -- 2.3.2 ß+ Decay -- 2.3.3 Electron Capture -- 2.4 Physical Half-Life of Radioactive Isotopes -- 2.5 Biological Half-Life of the Radioactive Isotopes -- 2.6 Effective Half-Life of the Radioactive Isotopes in the Body of Animals -- 2.7 Decay Chains and Ingrowth -- 2.8 Units of Radioactivity -- 2.9 Specific Radioactivity -- 2.10 Radiation Dose -- 2.11 Effective Dose Equivalent -- 2.12 Lethal Dose -- 2.13 Interaction of the Ionizing Radiation with the Matter -- 2.14 The Sources of Man-Made Environmental Contamination -- References -- Chapter 3: Measurement of Radioactivity -- 3.1 Measuring Instruments -- 3.1.1 Personnel Dosimeters -- 3.2 Measuring Contamination Levels in Live Farm Animals -- References -- Chapter 4: Preparedness and Response to Nuclear and Radiological Emergencies in Animal Production Systems in the Context of IAEA Safety Standards -- 4.1 Relevant IAEA Publications on Emergency Preparedness and Response for Animal Production Systems -- 4.2 Phases of a Nuclear or Radiological Emergency -- 4.2.1 The Preparedness Stage -- 4.2.1.1 Hazard Assessment -- 4.2.1.2 Development, Justification and Optimisation of a Protection Strategy -- 4.2.1.3 International Trade of Food Following a Nuclear or Radiological Emergency -- 4.2.1.4 OILs for Triggering Food, Milk and Drinking Water Restrictions -- 4.2.1.5 Emergency Planning Zones and Emergency Planning Distances -- 4.2.2 Emergency Exposure Situation -- 4.2.2.1 The Urgent Response Phase.
4.2.2.2 The Early Response Phase -- 4.2.2.3 The Transition Phase -- 4.2.2.4 Radioactive Waste Management -- 4.2.2.5 Dealing with Non-radiological Consequences -- 4.2.3 The Termination of a Nuclear or Radiological Emergency -- 4.2.4 Planned or Existing Exposure Situation -- 4.2.4.1 Restrictions on Food, Milk and Drinking Water After the Termination of an Emergency -- References -- Chapter 5: Environmental Pathways of Radionuclides to Animal Products in Different Farming and Harvesting Systems -- 5.1 Major Nuclear or Radiological Emergencies Causing Animal and Animal Product Contamination -- 5.2 Key Environmental Processes Controlling Animal Product Contamination -- 5.2.1 Vegetation Interception -- 5.2.2 Chemical Form of the Released Radionuclides -- 5.2.3 Radionuclide Behaviour in Soils -- 5.2.4 Radionuclide Transfer from Soil to Crops -- 5.2.5 Quantification of Radionuclide Transfer to Plants and Fodder Crops -- 5.2.6 Intake and Absorption of Radionuclides by Animals -- 5.2.7 Gastrointestinal Absorption -- 5.2.8 Quantification of Radionuclide Transfer to Animal Products -- 5.2.9 Quantification of the Time Dependency of Radionuclide Activity Concentrations in Animal Products -- 5.2.10 Biological Half-Life () in Animal Tissues -- 5.2.11 Ecological and Effective Half-Lives -- 5.3 Monitoring Animal Food Products -- 5.4 Radionuclide Transfer to Intensively Farmed Agricultural Animals -- 5.4.1 Soil and Plant Aspects -- 5.4.1.1 Radioiodine -- 5.4.1.2 Radiocaesium -- 5.4.1.3 Radiostrontium -- 5.4.1.4 Other Radionuclides -- 5.4.2 Dairy Production -- 5.4.2.1 Radioiodine -- 5.4.2.2 Radiocaesium -- 5.4.2.3 Radiostrontium -- 5.4.3 Meat and Offal Production -- 5.4.3.1 Transfer of Radionuclides to Meat -- 5.4.3.2 Other Accumulating Tissues -- 5.4.3.3 Target Tissues for Different Radionuclides -- 5.5 Radionuclide Transfer in Non-intensive Animal Production. 5.5.1 Dairy Production in Low-Productivity Areas -- 5.5.2 Meat Production in Low-Productivity Areas -- 5.6 Radionuclide Transfer to Game Animals -- 5.6.1 Forest Environments -- 5.7 Impacts on the Health of Livestock Exposed to Nuclear Contamination -- 5.8 Routes of Radionuclide Intake via Aquatic Pathways -- 5.8.1 Radionuclides in Freshwater Fish -- 5.9 The Risk for Public Health (Placement on the Market for Human Consumption) -- 5.9.1 Radioiodine -- 5.9.2 Radiocaesium -- 5.9.3 Other Radionuclides -- References -- Chapter 6: Management Options for Animal Production Systems: Which Ones to Choose in the Event of a Nuclear or Radiological Emergency? -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Management Options -- 6.3 Radionuclides of Importance -- 6.4 Seasonality and Radioecological Zoning -- 6.5 Decision-Aiding Handbooks for Food Production Systems -- 6.5.1 Decision-Aiding Framework -- 6.5.2 Selection Tables (Step 2) -- 6.5.3 Applicability of Management Options for Different Radionuclides (Step 3) -- 6.5.4 Key Constraints Affecting Management Options (Step 4) -- 6.5.4.1 Technical Feasibility and Capacity -- 6.5.4.2 Timescales for Implementation -- 6.5.4.3 Waste Generation -- 6.5.4.4 Environmental Impact -- 6.5.4.5 Cost -- 6.5.5 Effectiveness of Management Options (Step 5) -- 6.5.6 Management Options Incurring an Additional Dose to Implementers (Step 6) -- 6.5.7 Consideration of the Datasheets (Step 7) -- 6.5.8 Selecting and Combining Options to Develop the Management Strategy (Step 8) -- References -- Chapter 7: Information Systems in Support of the Decision-Making Tools -- 7.1 The IAEA Unified System for Information Exchange in Incidents and Emergencies (USIE) -- 7.2 Decision Support System for Nuclear Emergencies Affecting Food and Agriculture (DSS4NAFA) -- 7.3 iVetNet -- References. Correction to: Nuclear and Radiological Emergencies in Animal Production Systems, Preparedness, Response and Recovery -- Correction to: I. Naletoski et al. (eds.), Nuclear and Radiological Emergencies in Animal Production Systems, Preparedness, Response and Recovery, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-63021-1 -- Annexes -- Annex A: Datasheets on the Management Options -- Annex B: Worked Examples to Illustrate Decision-Aiding Framework. |
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| Springer Nature, 2021 | ||
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