Understanding Animal Welfare: The Science in its Cultural ContextISBN: 978-1-4051-3695-2
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336 pages
September 2008, Wiley-Blackwell
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Part I: Animal Welfare in Context.
Introduction.
1. Animals and Moral Concern.
2. Animals in the Human Mind.
3. A Good Life for Animals.
4. A Science of Animal Welfare?.
Part II: Studying Animal Welfare.
Introduction.
5. Disease, Injury and Production.
6. “Stress”.
7. Abnormal Behaviour.
8. Affective States.
9. “Natural” Living.
10. Preferences and Motivation.
Part III: Drawing Conclusions about Animal Welfare.
Introduction.
11. How Do The Different Measures Relate To Each Other?.
12. Selecting and Combining Criteria of Animal Welfare.
13. Animal Welfare, Values and Mandated Science.
Coda.
References.
Index
