| Animal Welfare in a Changing World Contributor(s): Butterworth, Andrew (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1786392453 ISBN-13: 9781786392459 Publisher: Cabi OUR PRICE: $146.02 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Animal Rights - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Animal Husbandry - Medical | Veterinary Medicine - General |
| Dewey: 179.3 |
| LCCN: 2017059470 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 7.6" W x 9.8" (2.40 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Contemporary and challenging, this thought-provoking book outlines a number of the key dilemmas in animal welfare today and tomorrow. The key issues range from the welfare of fur and fashion animals, to debates around intensive farming versus sustainability and climate change, to animals in tourism, rodeos, races and fiestas. The human-animal welfare impact is explored, including human impact on marine mammals, fish, wildlife, companion and farm animals, together with our impact on zoo and laboratory animals. Animal Welfare in a Changing World gives: - Concise, highly readable summaries on the important issues in animal welfare by world experts and key opinion leaders - Opinions which are balanced with an evidence-based approach and are challenging - Color illustrations and links to videos to further illustrate the debates - A wide ranging collection of case studies and descriptions of animal welfare topics which outline the dilemmas to anchor them in the real worl |
Contributor Bio(s): Butterworth, Andrew: - Andrew Butterworth is Reader in Animal Science and Policy in the Clinical Veterinary School, University of Bristol, UK. Andy teaches and carries out research in the areas of animal disease and production, animal welfare and legislation, behavioral biology, and animal welfare assessment in both farm and wild animals. He is a member of the European Food Standards Agency Scientific Panel on Animal Health and Welfare, and chairs the EEER (Ethics, Economics, Education and Regulation) of the Farm Animal Welfare committee in the UK. He is editor in Chief of Elsevier's journal Veterinary and Animal Science, he lectures widely and publishes in books, and the academic and trade press, with over 200 publications to date. |