Do fish feel pain? / Victoria Braithwaite.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Braithwaite, Victoria.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fishes--Sense organs.

Fishes.

Pain in animals.

Pain perception.

Nociceptors.

Fishing--Moral and ethical aspects.

Fishing.

Fisheries--Moral and ethical aspects.

Fisheries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (207 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While there has been increasing interest in recent years in the welfare of farm animals, fish are frequently thought to be different. In many people's perception, fish, with their lack of facial expressions or recognisable communication, are not seen to count when it comes to welfare. Angling is a major sport, and fishing a big industry. Millions of fish are caught on barbed hooks, or left to die by suffocation on the decks of fishing boats.Here, biologist Victoria Braithwaite explores the question of fish pain and fish suffering, explaining what we now understand about fish behaviour, and exa

Contents:

Contents; 1. The Problem; 2. What Is Pain and Why Does It Hurt?; 3. Bee Stings and Vinegar: The Evidence That Fish Feel Pain; 4. Suffer the Little Fishes?; 5. Drawing the Line; 6. Why It Took So Long to Ask the Fish Pain Question-and Why It Must Be Asked; 7. Looking to the Future; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-189) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-49057-5

9786612490576

0-19-157296-9

OCLC:

609859823