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Over the past sixty years, our understanding of the livestock animals under our care, and our subsequent treatment of them, has progressed. From the days of Ruth Harrison's Animal Machines, when farmed chickens were excluded from legal protections created for birds, this book takes us through the introduction of considerations of sentience, the ethical matrix and animal autonomy, the Five Freedoms, welfare quality assurance schemes on farms, and our current concerns of the sustainability of the animal agriculture industry.

Combining and reflecting on the earlier works of John Webster, an established animal welfare expert who coined the Five Freedoms concept, this book reinspects the extended journey of animal welfare science.

Letters on Animal Welfare from the Road to Eden

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      Publisher CABI
      Published 1/31/2025
      ISBN-13 9781836992301
      978-1836992301
      ISBN-10 1836992300
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      Animal husbandry

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Over the past sixty years, our understanding of the livestock animals under our care, and our subsequent treatment of them, has progressed. From the days of Ruth Harrison's Animal Machines, when farmed chickens were excluded from legal protections created for birds, this book takes us through the introduction of considerations of sentience, the ethical matrix and animal autonomy, the Five Freedoms, welfare quality assurance schemes on farms, and our current concerns of the sustainability of the animal agriculture industry.

      Combining and reflecting on the earlier works of John Webster, an established animal welfare expert who coined the Five Freedoms concept, this book reinspects the extended journey of animal welfare science.

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