Animal Welfare in a Changing World

By: Rebecca Aldworth and Shelley M. Alexander and Regina Asmutis-Silvia and Panayiotis Panos Azmanis and Prof Daniel Berckmans and Lotta Berg and Harry Blokhuis and Xavier Boivin and Dr John Bradshaw and Prof. Victoria Braithwaite and Stijn Bruers and Henry Buller and Andrew Butterworth and Joyce D’Silva and Sarah Dolman and Chris Draper and David A. Fennell and Dr Charles Foster and Taryn Glass and Temple Grandin and Adam Hart and Dr Sophia Hepple and Kristof Hermans and Elly Hiby and Dr Miel Hostens and Mark Jones and Michael J Kuba and Philip Lymbery and Miriam Martin and Tomas Norton and Geert Opsomer and Maria Panagiotopoulou and Paul C. Paquet and Conor Ryan and Mark Simmonds and Kalliopi Stara and Rigas Tsiakiris and Dr Bonny Ranst and Paul Whittington and Dr James Yeates

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Synopsis: Contemporary and challenging, this thought-provoking book outlines a number of the key dilemmas in animal welfare for today's, and tomorrow's, world. The issues discussed range from the welfare of hunted animals, to debates around intensive farming versus sustainability, and the effects of climate and environmental change. The book explores the effects of fences on wild animals and human impacts on carrion animals; the impacts of tourism on animal welfare; philosophical questions about speciesism; and the quality and quantity of animal lives. The welfare impacts of human-animal interactions are explored, including human impacts on marine mammals, fish, wildlife, and companion and farm animals. Animal Welfare in a Changing World provides: Concise, opinion-based views on important issues in animal welfare by world experts and key opinion leaders. Pieces based on experience, which balance evidence-based approaches and the welfare impacts of direct engagement through training, campaigning and education. A wide-ranging collection of examples and descriptions of animal welfare topics which outline dilemmas in the real world, that are sometimes challenging, and not always comfortable reading. This is a 'must-read' book for animal and veterinary scientists, ethologists, policy and opinion leaders, NGOs, conservation biologists and anyone who feels passionately about the welfare of animals