(Environment and Sustainability Handbooks)
by Andrew Knight (Editor), Clive Phillips (Editor), Paula Sparks (Editor)
This handbook presents a much-needed and comprehensive exploration of the rapidly growing fields of animal welfare and law.
In
recent years there has been increasing attention paid to our complex,
multifaceted relationships with other animals, and in particular, the
depth and breadth of various societal uses of animals. This has led to a
reconsideration of their moral and social status, which has sometimes
challenged the interests of those who use animals. In such a contested
domain, sound evidence and reasoning become particularly important.
Through firm commitment to such principles, this book explores the
biological foundations for the moral consideration of animals and for
evolving conceptualisations of animal welfare. It reviews in detail the
welfare concerns associated with numerous forms of animal use. The
inclusion of key recent developments such as climate change, pandemics,
and antimicrobial resistance, ensures this text is among the most
current in its field. The ethical implications of the various uses of
animals by society are considered, and chapters provide important
recommendations for reforms of practice, law, or policy. The status of
animal law internationally, and in major world regions, is reviewed.
Finally, the book considers human behavioural change and strategies for
improving stakeholder communication and education.
The
handbook is essential reading for students and scholars of animal
welfare, animal law and animal ethics everywhere, and for policy-makers
and other professionals working in the animal welfare sector.
