by John Webster (Author)
Animal Welfare
An Accessible Overview of the Concept of Sentience Throughout the Animal Kingdom and Why It Matters to Humans
Animal
Welfare explores the concept of sentience and the development of
sentient minds throughout the animal kingdom. The work provides improved
definitions and analysis of the ideas of sentience, cognition, and
consciousness, along with evidence of advanced mental formulation in
birds, fish, and invertebrates. Considerations between humans and
animals are also discussed, such as outcome-based ethics in relation to
humans’ duties of care and the rights and wrongs of domestication. The
work is divided into three parts and covers key topics such as:
Specifics
of animal sentience, from pain and suffering, to fear and dread, all
the way to animals’ social life and the comfort/joy/hope/despair they
experience
What we know about the sentience of different classes of animals in the waters, air, savannah/plains, and forests
Considerations
on human interactions based on animal sentience, including death
(killing), animal farms, animals in laboratories, wild animals in
captivity, and animals in sports and entertainment
Analysis on what humans can learn from animals based on what we know about their varying levels of sentience
Animal
Welfare serves as an invaluable analysis of animal sentience for
students, teachers, and professionals directly involved in the study,
teaching, and applications of animal behavior, motivation, and welfare.
Thanks to the wide-ranging implications of animal sentience, the work
will also appeal to everyone with a broader interest in animal behavior
and human/animal interactions.
Year: 2022
Language: English
Format: PDF
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBNs: B09XGX65CT, 1119857066, 978-1119857068, 9781119857068, 9781119857075, 9781119857082
