Understanding Animal Welfare The Science in its Cultural Context

About this book

Understanding Animal Welfare, 2^nd Edition is revised and expanded to incorporate new research and developments in animal welfare. Updated with greater accessibility in mind, the reader is guided through animal welfare in its cultural and historical context, methods of study, and applications in practice and policy. Drawing examples from farm, companion, laboratory and zoo animals, the text provides an up-to-date overview of research and its applications, while also tracing how concepts and methods have evolved over time.

Readers of the second edition of Understanding Animal Welfare will also find:
- New developments in understanding positive animal states
- The importance of human actions in determining animal welfare
- New content on "One Welfare"
- How free-living wild animals are affected by human technology and climate change

Originally intended for scientists and professionals, Understanding Animal Welfare has also found a home in undergraduate classrooms. It is now the essential text for students, practitioners, veterinarians, and researchers in animal welfare and related fields.

Contents

Preface to the Second Edition   ix
Acknowledgements   x
Introduction   1

Part I Animal Welfare in Context   9
1. Animals in the Human Mind   11
2. A Good Life for Animals   28
3. A Science of Animal Welfare   47

Part II Studying Animal Welfare   63
4. Disease, Injury and Productivity   65
5. ‘Stress’   83
6. Abnormal Behaviour   104
7. Affective States   124
8. Positive Affect and the Science of Affect   146
9. ‘Natural’ Living   166
10. Preferences and Motivation   186

Part III From Science to Policy and Practice   209
11. Integrating Different Aspects of Animal Welfare   211
12. Policies, Standards and Assessment Programmes   226
13. ‘Facts’ and ‘Values’ in Mandated Science   244

Part IV New Directions   257
14. The Human Dimension and ‘One Welfare’   259
15. The Welfare of Free-living Wild Animals   281
16. Animal Welfare and the Evolution of Animal Ethics   299

Coda: Animal Welfare, the Science and the Cultural Context   314

References   322
Index   353

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Biography

David Fraser, CM, PhD, is Professor Emeritus in the Animal Welfare Program at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. Through 50 years of research on farm, companion, laboratory and wild animals, he is recognized as a pioneer of animal welfare science.