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This book offers a scholarly history of the evolution of animal welfare public policy, and brings a novel, sociological perspective to an area of understanding and values that has been addressed in the past mostly from a philosophical perspective, or from the entrenched positions of highly commited advocates of a particular position in the debate about animal rights.
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I. Introduction: What animals want; 2. Life in the animal laboratory; 3. Animal Welfare: Philosophy meets science; 4. A rat is a pig: The significance of species; 5. Performance Standards: How big is your guinea pig's house?; 6. Centaurs and Science: The professionalization of laboratory animal care and use; 7. The problem of pain; 8. The animal advocates; 9. Death by decapitation: A case study; 10. Dog walkers and monkey psychiatrists; II. A look to the future
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