Understanding Animal Welfare

The Science in its Cultural Context
2. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-119-62644-2
Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 245 mm x 170 mm, Gewicht: 512 g

Reihe: UFAW Animal Welfare

Understanding Animal Welfare

The essential text on understanding and improving animal welfare

Understanding Animal Welfare, 2nd Edition is revised and expanded to incorporate new research and developments in animal welfare. Updated with greater accessibility in mind, the reader is guided through animal welfare in its cultural and historical context, methods of study, and applications in practice and policy. Drawing examples from farm, companion, laboratory and zoo animals, the text provides an up-to-date overview of research and its applications, while also tracing how concepts and methods have evolved over time.

Readers of the second edition of Understanding Animal Welfare will also find:

* New developments in understanding positive animal states
* The importance of human actions in determining animal welfare
* New content on "One Welfare"
* How free-living wild animals are affected by human technology and climate change

Originally intended for scientists and professionals, Understanding Animal Welfare has also found a home in undergraduate classrooms. It is now the essential text for students, practitioners, veterinarians, and researchers in animal welfare and related fields.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fraser, David

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Veterinärmedizin Veterinärmedizin: Ethik und Recht
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Umweltrecht Naturschutz-, Landschafts-, Tierschutz- und Seerecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part I. Animal welfare in context

1. Animals in the human mind

2. A good life for animals

3. A science of animal welfare?

Part II. Studying animal welfare

4. Disease, injury and productivity

5. "Stress"

6. Abnormal behaviour

7. Affective states

8. Positive affect and the science of affect

9. "Natural" living

10. Preferences and motivation

Part III. From science to policy and practice

11. Integrating different aspects of animal welfare

12. Policies, standards and assessment programs

13. "Facts" and "values" in mandated science

Part IV. New directions

14. The human dimension and "One Welfare"

15. The welfare of free-living wild animals

16. Animal welfare and the evolution of animal ethics

Coda: Animal welfare, the science, and the cultural context

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

The Author

David Fraser, CM, PhD, is Professor Emeritus in the Animal Welfare Program at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. Through 50 years of research on farm, companion, laboratory and wild animals, he is recognized as a pioneer of animal welfare science.