Dilemmas in Animal Welfare PDF

Dilemmas in Animal Welfare

Dilemmas In Animal Welfare Pdf

By Michael C. Appleby, Daniel M. Weary and Peter Sandøe

Dilemmas in Animal Welfare Book PDF. There are many ongoing debates within and about the subject of animal welfare. This book distils some of the major themes of current debate into one volume, edited by internationally known names in the field of animal welfare. Each chapter is written by one or more leading experts who discuss, in an even-handed way, a provocative topic that will be of interest to anyone concerned with animal welfare. Issues covered include tail docking, farm animal production, neutering of feral cats and the need to conserve habitats of native wild animals in the face of threats from non-native species. Chapters address the different values and priorities involved in dealing with these issues, including scientific and more explicit ethical approaches. Each chapter ends with questions for discussion that may help readers to engage with these dilemmas.

Table of Contents

Introduction : values, dilemmas, and solutions

Tales about tails : is the mutilation of animals justifiable in their best interests or ours?

Fat companions : understanding the welfare effects of obesity in cats and dogs

Welfare and quantity of life

Improving farm animal welfare : is evolution or revolution needed in production systems?

Whom should we eat? why veal can be better for welfare than chicken

Public health and animal welfare

Balancing the need for conservation and the welfare of individual animals

Value conflicts in feral cat management : trap-neuter-return or trap-euthanize?

Alone or together : a risk assessment approach to group housing

What is suffering in animals?