The animal trade / Clive J.C. Phillips.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phillips, Clive J. C., 1958- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal industry.

Pet industry.

Wild animal collecting.

Physical Description:

xviii, 190 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Boston, MA : CABI, [2015]

Summary:

Trade is an inevitable part of human activity and evolution, but when it involves animals there are important ethical issues that have to be considered. Animal trade is offer for economic reasons only, and may be hard to justify ethically. There are significant welfare and environmental costs to animals and human society that must be carefully evaluated before such a trade is sanctioned. Controversial and thought-provoking this text focuses on the trade in live and dead animals and animal parts. It facts and figures to quality the scope of the animal trade concentrating mainly on farm animals, but also covering captive wildlife and companion animals. The book describes welfare environmental economic and cultural issues around this trace, debating important ethical considerations for everyone that uses or is otherwise involved with animals, especially people working in animal welfare. Book jacket.

Contents:

The history of animal trade

Trade policies for animal products

Trade wars, sanctions and discrimination

Trade in meat

Trade in some key animal products: dairy, wool and fur

Trade in live farm animals

Disease transmission and biodiversity loss through the trade in farm animals

Trade in horses, cats and dogs

Trade in wildlife and exotic species

The future of animal trade.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781780643137

1780643136

OCLC:

910621978

Publisher Number:

40025445779