Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 507 pages). |
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Routledge environment and sustainability handbooks |
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Routledge environment and sustainability handbooks.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Part 1. -- Animal welfare fundamentals -- Part 2. -- Animal farming, transportation and killing -- Part 3. -- Animal use for other purposes -- Part 4. -- Species-specific concerns -- Part 5. -- Recent and emerging issues -- Part 6. -- Animal ethics and law -- Part 7. -- Social change for animals. |
Summary |
"This handbook presents an exploration of the rapidly growing fields of animal welfare and law. In recent years there has been increasing attention paid to our complex, multifaceted relationships with other animals, and in particular, the depth and breadth of various societal uses of animals. This has led to a reconsideration of their moral and social status, which has sometimes challenged the interests of those who use animals. In such a contested domain, sound evidence and reasoning become particularly important. Through firm commitment to such principles, this book explores the biological foundations for the moral consideration of animals, and for evolving conceptualisations of animal welfare. It reviews in detail the welfare concerns associated with numerous forms of animal use. The inclusion of key recent developments such as climate change, pandemics and antimicrobial resistance, ensure this text is among the most current in its field. The ethical implications of the various uses of animals by society are considered, and chapters provide important recommendations for reforms of practice, law or policy. The status of animal law internationally, and in major world regions, is reviewed. Finally, the book considers human behavioural change, and strategies for improving stakeholder communication and education"-- Provided by the publisher. |
Note |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 16, 2022). |
Local Note |
Taylor & Francis Taylor & Francis eBooks: Open Access |
Subject |
Animal welfare.
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Animal welfare -- Law and legislation.
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Animal rights.
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Humane education.
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Animal welfare. (OCoLC)fst00809431
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Humane education. (OCoLC)fst00963518
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Added Author |
Knight, Andrew, 1970- editor.
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Phillips, Clive J. C., 1958- editor.
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Sparks, Paula, editor.
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Added Title |
Handbook of animal welfare |
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Animal welfare |
Other Form: |
Print version: Routledge handbook of animal welfare New York, NY : Routledge, 2023 9781032022062 (DLC) 2022008998 |
ISBN |
9781003182351 electronic book |
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1003182356 electronic book |
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1000635783 electronic book |
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9781000635768 electronic book |
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1000635767 electronic book |
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9781000635782 electronic book |
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9781032022062 hardcover |
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9781032325750 paperback |
Standard No. |
10.4324/9781003182351 doi |
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