Animal welfare
Subtitle: limping towards Eden : a practical approach to redressing the problem of our dominion over the animals
By: John Webster.
Series: UFAW animal welfare series
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford, UK; Ames, Iowa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
Subjects: Animal welfare.
Description: "Part of a major animal welfare series, Animal Welfare: Limping Towards Eden is John Webster's new and groundbreaking work on animal welfare. Building on his first book, Animal Welfare: A Cool Eye Towards Eden, it not only critically reviews areas of development, but looks to how animal welfare can be improved in the future."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 272-278) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Facts and values; title: Challenge and response; title: Sentience, sense, and suffering; title: Husbandry and welfare on the farm : assessment and assurance; title: Animals for food : industrialised farming, pigs, and poultry; title: Animals for food : cattle and other ruminants; title: Animals for food : handling, transport, and slaughter; title: Animals, science, and biotechnology; title: Animals for sport; title: Animals for pets; title: Limping towards Eden : stepping stones.