Towards an Ethical Approach to Animals

Clive Phillips was Australia’s first Professor of Animal Welfare, at the University of Queensland, and foundation director of the Centre for Animal Welfare and Ethics. His PhD from Glasgow University focused on dairy cow nutrition and behaviour. He was previously a lecturer at the Universities of Cambridge and Wales. He has authored over 400 scientific journal articles on the welfare of farm, zoo and companion animals, animal nutrition, transport and production. His books include Principles of Cattle Production, The Animal Trade, Cattle Behaviour and Welfare and The Welfare of Animals - the Silent Majority. He recently edited the Encyclopaedia of Animal Nutrition and co-edited the Routledge Handbook in Animal Welfare. Clive chaired the Queensland and Western Australian Governments’ Animal Welfare Boards, and is currently editor-in-chief of the journal Animals, Springer’s Animal Welfare book series and Animal Behaviour and Welfare Cases. In his interview series ‘Conversations with Clive’ he exchanges ideas with other senior animal welfare scientists and academic experts.

• Part I. A Life Learning about Animals.- Chapter 1. Born with a Silver Spoon.- Chapter 2. Reading Agriculture.- Chapter 3. Studying ‘til the cows come home’.- Chapter 4. First Steps in Teaching Animals.- Chapter 5. Cambridge Days.- Chapter 6. Australia’s First Professor of Animal Welfare.- Chapter 7. Leaving the University of Queensland.- Chapter 8. Liberated.- Part II. Towards an Ethical Approach to Animals.- Chapter 9. Are Animals Alone in the Universe?.- Chapter 10. Are Humans Unique in Earth’s Animal Kingdom?.- Chapter 11. Our Relationship with Animals.- Chapter 12. Governing Society for the Benefit of Animals.- Chapter 13. Cruelty.- Chapter 14. Healthy Animals.- Chapter 15. Where Have All the Animals Gone?.- Chapter 16. How Can We Get There? Achieving an Ethical Approach to Animals.