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This handbook presents a much-needed and comprehensive exploration of the rapidly growing fields of animal welfare and law.
In recent years there has been increasing attention paid to our complex, multifaceted relationships with other animals, and in particular, the depth and breadth of various societal uses of animals. This has led to a reconsideration of their moral and social status, which has sometimes challenged the interests of those who use animals. In such a contested domain, sound evidence and reasoning become particularly important. Through firm commitment to such principles, this book explores the biological foundations for the moral consideration of animals and for evolving conceptualisations of animal welfare. It reviews in detail the welfare concerns associated with numerous forms of animal use. The inclusion of key recent developments such as climate change, pandemics, and antimicrobial resistance, ensures this text is among the most current in its field. The ethical implications of the various uses of animals by society are considered, and chapters provide important recommendations for reforms of practice, law, or policy. The status of animal law internationally, and in major world regions, is reviewed. Finally, the book considers human behavioural change and strategies for improving stakeholder communication and education.
The handbook is essential reading for students and scholars of animal welfare, animal law and animal ethics everywhere, and for policy-makers and other professionals working in the animal welfare sector.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
PART 1: Animal welfare fundamentals 1. The moral status of animals: biological foundations
John Webster 2. Animal welfare concepts
Donald M Broom 3. Animal welfare assessment
Harry J Blokhuis and Isabelle Veissier PART 2: Animal farming, transportation, and killing 4. Contemporary animal farming
Carla Forte Maiolino Molento and Clive Julian Christie Phillips 5. Farming poultry
Tina M Widowski and Ana K Rentsch 6. Farming pigs
Sandra Edwards 7. Farming cattle
Clive JC Phillips 8. Farming sheep and goats
Cathy M Dwyer 9. Farming non-domesticated and semi-domesticated terrestrial species
David Arney 10. Farming fish
Joao L Saraiva, Pablo Arechavala-Lopez, and Lynne U Sneddon 11. Transportation
Michael S Cockram 12. Slaughter, euthanasia, and depopulation
Temple Grandin PART 3: Animal use for other purposes 13. Scientific and educational animal use
Andrew Knight 14. Animals in entertainment
David A Fennell and Sarah Coose 15. Zoos and Aquaria
Terry L Maple and Bonnie M Perdue 16. Hunting, fishing, and whaling
Laetitia Nunny and Mark P Simmonds 17. Commercial fisheries
Moira Harris PART 4: Species-specific concerns 18. Canines and felines
Heather Bacon 19. Equines
Sophie Hill 20. Non-domesticated terrestrial species
Miriam A Zemanova 21. Companion fish
Sabrina Brando 22. Marine mammals
Sabrina Brando PART 5: Recent and emerging issues 23. Climate change, human-wildlife conflict, and biodiversity loss
Bob Fischer 24. Animal welfare and human health
Cynthia Schuck-Paim, Wladimir J Alonso, and Eric Slywitch 25. Animal disaster management
Steve Glassey PART 6: Animal ethics and law 26. Animal ethics
Cheryl Abbate 27. Animal law - historical, contemporary, and international developments
Ian Robertson and Paula Sparks 28. Key animal law in Australia
Meg Good and Jed Goodfellow 29. Key animal law in China
Deborah Cao 30. Key animal law across Europe
Debbie Legge 31. Key animal law in India
Sonia Shad and Yashprada Joglekar 32. Key animal law in South Africa
David I Bilchitz and Amy P Wilson 33. Key animal law in the United States
Matthew Liebman PART 7: Social change for animals 34. Stakeholder groups and perspectives
Joy M Verrinder and Clive JC Phillips 35. Animal advocacy and human behavioural change
Tamzin Furtado, Suzanne Rogers, and Jo White 36. Animal Welfare Education and Communication
Ruth De Vere
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Andrew Knight (MANZCVS, DipECAWBM (AWSEL), DipACAW, PhD, FRCVS, PFHEA) is a Professor of Animal Welfare and Ethics, and Founding Director of the Centre for Animal Welfare, at the University of Winchester, UK. He is also an Adjunct Professor in the School of Environment and Science at Griffith University, Australia. Prior to working in academia, he practised veterinary medicine for nearly a decade.
Clive JC Phillips (BSc, MA, PhD) was Australia's first Professor of Animal Welfare, at the University of Queensland, Australia, and foundation director of the Centre for Animal Welfare and Ethics. He previously lectured at the University of Cambridge and the University of Wales, UK. His books include
Principles of Cattle Production (third edition, 2018),
The Animal Trade (2015), and
The Welfare of Animals: The Silent Majority (2008). He has authored about four hundred scientific journal articles. He chairs the Queensland and Western Australia Governments' Animal Welfare Boards, is editor-in-chief of the journal
Animals, edits an Animal Welfare Series, and is Director of the Humane Society International.
Paula Sparks (LLB (Hons), BL) is a Visiting Professor at the University of Winchester, UK, where she teaches animal law. She practised as a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers in London before leaving the bar in 2018 to pursue a full time role with the UK Centre of Animal Law (A-LAW), a charity whose vision is a world where animals are fully protected by law. She frequently lectures and writes about animal-related law and policy.
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This handbook presents a much-needed and comprehensive exploration of the rapidly growing fields of animal welfare and law.
