Dilemmas in Animal Welfare

Front Cover
Michael C Appleby, Daniel M Weary, Peter Sandøe
CABI, Apr 23, 2014 - Medical - 220 pages
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
 

Contents

Values Dilemmas and Solutions
1
Dilemmas Within Animal Welfare
6
Animal Welfare and Social Priorities
67
Animal Welfare and Conservation
124
Conceptual dilemmas
169
Index
203
Copyright

Other editions - View all

Common terms and phrases

About the author (2014)

Michael C. Appleby (BSc Zoology, PhD Animal Behaviour) is Chief Scientific Adviser with The World Society for the Protection of Animals, based in London, UK. At the Poultry Research Centre and the University of Edinburgh, UK, he carried out research for 20 years on behavior and welfare of farm animals, before a period with The Humane Society of the United States in Washington, DC. Dr. Appleby is a member of the Farm Animal Welfare Council (Farm Animal Welfare Committee from April 2011) and a Visiting Professor at the University of Plymouth and the Scottish Agricultural College. Daniel M. Weary is with the University of British Columbia. Peter Sandøe is with University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Bibliographic information