دانلود کتاب Animal Welfare: Limping Towards Eden: A Practical Approach to Redressing the Problem of Our Dominion Over the Animals

There has been a recent explosion of active concern in matters of animal welfare. The science behind animal welfare has progressed significantly, new codes of practice and legislation have come into to being, and innovative methods to assess welfare schemes for food production have emerged. Part of a major animal welfare series, Animal Welfare: Limping Towards Eden is John Webster’s new and groundbreaking work on animal welfare. Building on his first book, the highly acclaimed Animal Welfare: A Cool Eye Towards Eden, it not only critically reviews areas of development, but looks to how animal welfare can be improved in the future. Special consideration is given to:Defining animal welfare (‘fit and happy’) and establishing a systematic approach for its evaluation (the ‘five freedoms’);Content: Chapter 1 Introduction: Facts and Values (pages 1–23): Chapter 2 Challenge and Response (pages 24–45): Chapter 3 Sentience, Sense and Suffering (pages 46–76): Chapter 4 Husbandry and Welfare on the Farm: Assessment and Assurance (pages 77–96): Chapter 5 Animals for Food: Industrialised Farming, Pigs and Poultry (pages 97–129): Chapter 6 Animals for Food: Cattle and Other Ruminants (pages 130–156): Chapter 7 Animals for Food: Handling, Transport and Slaughter (pages 157–179): Chapter 8 Animals for Science and Biotechnology (pages 180–204): Chapter 9 Animals for Sport (pages 205–226): Chapter 10 Animals as Pets (pages 227–248): Chapter 11 Limping Towards Eden: Stepping Stones (pages 249–271):