Companion Animal Ethics

About the Authors Peter Sandøe is Professor of Bioethics at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, where he has been teaching animal ethics to veterinary and animal science students for nearly two decades. He is co-author of Ethics of Animal Use (Wiley Blackwell, 2008) and co-editor of Dilemmas in Animal Welfare (CABI, 2014). Sandra Corr is Clinical Reader in Small Animal Surgery, at the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, UK. She is a European Specialist in Small Animal Surgery, who spends her time teaching veterinary students, and working in referral practice. She has published widely in veterinary and comparative journals. Clare Palmer is Professor of Philosophy at Texas A & M University, USA. She is the author of Animal Ethics in Context (Columbia University Press, 2010), the editor of Animal Rights in the Ashgate International Library of Essays on Rights (2008) and co-editor of Killing Animals (Illinois University Press 2006).

• Foreword viiAcknowledgements ixIntroduction 11 History of Companion Animals and the Companion Animal Sector 82 The Development and Role of the Veterinary and Other Professions in Relation to Companion Animals 243 Human Attachment to Companion Animals 414 Companion Animal Welfare 585 Theories of Companion Animal Ethics 736 Breeding and Acquiring Companion Animals 897 Selective Breeding 1038 Feeding and the Problem of Obesity 1179 Companion Animal Training and Behavioural Problems 13210 Routine Neutering of Companion Animals 15011 Performing Convenience Surgery: Tail Docking, Ear Cropping, Debarking and Declawing 16912 Treating Sick Animals and End-of-Life Issues 18613 Unwanted and Unowned Companion Animals 20114 Ethics and Broader Impacts of Companion Animals 21715 Other Companions 23516 Companion Animals and the Future 252Index 269

"This book provides ample food for thought for anyone involved in the animal sector to engage in reflection of their views by clearly working through important ethical questions commonly encountered in companion animal interaction and medicine in particular. It would make a valuable contribution to any practising veterinarian's library, and I would even suggest it to be essential reading for many." (Veterinary Record, 2016)