Livestock - Food, Fiber, and Friends

Most livestock in the United States currently live in cramped and unhealthy confinement, have few stable social relationships with humans or others of their species, and finish their lives by being transported and killed under stressful conditions. In Livestock, Erin McKenna allows us to see this situation and presents alternatives.

Info autore

ERIN MCKENNA is a professor of philosophy at the University of Oregon.

Riassunto

This deeply informative text reveals that the animals we commonly see as livestock have rich evolutionary histories, species-specific behaviors, breed tendencies, and individual variation, just as those we respect in companion animals such as dogs, cats, and horses.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Erin McKenna, Erin/ Mitchell McKenna
• Con la collaborazione di: Robert W. Mitchell (Editore)
• Editore: The University of Georgia Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9780820351919
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-5191-9
• Pagine: 264
• Serie: Animal Voices / Animal Worlds; Animal Voices/Animal Worlds Series; Animal Voices / Animal Worlds
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Natura; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Ecologia