Animal welfare & human values / Rod Preece & Lorna Chamberlain.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Preece, Rod, 1939-

Contributor:

Chamberlain, Lorna.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal welfare--Moral and ethical aspects.

Animal welfare.

Animals--Social aspects.

Animals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Animal welfare and human values.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont., Canada : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As the most populous province in Canada, Ontario is a microcosm of the animal welfare issues which beset Western civilization. The authors of this book, chairman and vice-chairman, respectively, of the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, find themselves constantly being made aware of the atrocities committed in the Society's jurisdiction. They have been, in turn, puzzled, exasperated and horrified at humanity's cruelty to our fellow sentient beings. The issues discussed in this book are the most contentious in animal welfare disputes - animal experimentation,

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; One: The Status of Animals: From Human Origins to Humanism; Two: The Status of Animals: From the Age of Humanism to the Twentieth Century; Three: Animal Experimentation: Prologue; Four: Animal Experimentation: The Debate; Five: Animal Experimentation: The Alternatives; Six: Animal Experimentation: Legislation and Assessment; Seven: Hunting, Fishing and Fowling; Eight: Frivolous Fur: Veneration and Environmentalism; Nine: Frivolous Fur: Trappers, Clubbers and Farmers; Ten: Animals in Entertainment: Racing, Riding and Fighting

Eleven: Animals in Entertainment: Zoos, Aquaria and CircusesTwelve: Of Farms and Factories; Thirteen: Companion Animals; Fourteen: The Community of Sentient Beings; Fifteen: The Philosophy of Animal Rights; Sixteen: The Philosophy of Animal Protection; Seventeen: Epilogue: Ode to Sensibility; Select Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-320) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-92492-6

9786610924929

0-88920-644-9

OCLC:

753479569