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Informationen zum Autor Michael Calvert Appleby OBE is a British ethologist and animal welfare scientist, especially for farm animals. He obtained a BSc in Zoology at the University of Bristol and a PhD in Animal Behaviour at King's College, Cambridge. Klappentext Animal welfare is an issue that concerns us all. Recent advances in scientific understanding of welfare and proposals for ways of keeping animals have not fully reached the public domain. This book takes an informative approach aimed at raising the level of public debate and emphasising even though decisions are complex and compromise may sometimes be necessary, action can and should be taken now to improve animal welfare. Michael Appleby has been awarded the Universities Federation of Animal Welfare (UFAW) Hulme Fellowship to write this book. Zusammenfassung a rational examination of the politics and economics of animal welfare builds on the scientific and philosophical work done to date written with the non-welfare specialist in mind. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface vi Dedication viii Chapter 1 Noah's New Ark: Why should we do anything? 1 Chapter 2 Humans, animals and machines: Understanding animal welfare 19 Chapter 3 One big happy family: Differences between animals 45 Chapter 4 To have and to hold: Keeping and killing animals 65 Chapter 5 Made in our image: Selection and modification of animals 87 Chapter 6 Home is where the heart is: Housing and environments 113 Chapter 7 Give and take: Animal treatment 129 Chapter 8 Buying power: Individual action 149 Chapter 9 Votes and lobbies: Action by society 167 Appendix Some useful addresses 186 Index 188
