Animal Welfare: Limping Towards Eden: A Practical Approach to Redressing the Problem of Our Dominion Over the Animals
Author:   John Webster (University of Bristol)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
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9781405118774


Pages:   296
Publication Date:   25 February 2005
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   John Webster (University of Bristol)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.30cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.649kg
ISBN:  

9781405118774


ISBN 10:   1405118776
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   25 February 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction: Facts and Values. 2. Challenge and Response. 3. Sentience, Sense and Sufferering. 4. Husbandry and Welfare on the Farm: Assessment and Assurance. 5. Animals for Food: Indutrialized Farming, Pigs and Poultry. 6. Animals for Food: Cattle and Other Ruminants. 7. Animals for Food: Handling, Transport and Slaughter. 8. Animals for Science and Biotechnology. 9. Animals for Sport. 10. Animals as Pets. 11. Limping Towards Eden: Stepping Stones. Further Reading. Index.

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Professor Webster remains at all times the epitome of credibility The book quickly offers remedies in the form of practical and realistic hope, conveyed with an honest, personal and at times amusing style. Veterinary Record, 2005


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John Webster is Emeritus Professor of Animal Husbandry at the University of Bristol. Author of the widely acclaimed Animal Welfare: A Cool Eye Towards Eden, he is the founding father of the Bristol Animal Behaviour and Welfare Science group that has gathered evidence and pioneered the arguments necessary to achieve improved welfare standards for veal calves, broiler chickens, laying hens and dairy cows.

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