Farm animal welfare

Description

Animals born with bones and muscles are meant to move. In modern systems of intensive agriculture, however, many animals - notably, swine, veal calves, and poultry - are rigorously confined. In this book Professor Bernard E. Rollin describes problems of animal welfare in today's agriculture, discusses the research that exists for improving these systems, and proposes topics for further study. Rollin urges animal producers and agricultural scientists to begin now to address welfare problems. He cites the biomedical research community, which ignored issues of pain control and animal welfare until public concern led to federal legislation. Promising work has already been done in Europe, where the public has demanded that livestock not suffer. A new social ethic in the United States calls for humane agricultural systems that meet the needs and natures of the animals we use.

First Sentence

Before embarking on a discussion of the traditional moral status of animals in society, it is necessary to review some fundamental features of ethics, whose logical aspects are often misunderstood.

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Other Editions

• Farm animal welfare: social, bioethical, and research issuesIowa State University Press2003-01-01
• Farm animal welfareIowa State University Press1995-01-01
• Farm Animal WelfarePaperbackIowa State Press2003-10-01
• Farm Animal WelfareWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John2010-01-01