What Should We Do About Animal Welfare?

Michael Calvert Appleby OBE is a British ethologist and animal welfare scientist, especially for farm animals. He obtained a BSc in Zoology at the University of Bristol and a PhD in Animal Behaviour at King's College, Cambridge.

• Preface viDedication viiiChapter 1 Noah’s New Ark: Why should we do anything? 1Chapter 2 Humans, animals and machines: Understanding animal welfare 19Chapter 3 One big happy family: Differences between animals 45Chapter 4 To have and to hold: Keeping and killing animals 65Chapter 5 Made in our image: Selection and modification of animals 87Chapter 6 Home is where the heart is: Housing and environments 113Chapter 7 Give and take: Animal treatment 129Chapter 8 Buying power: Individual action 149Chapter 9 Votes and lobbies: Action by society 167Appendix Some useful addresses 186Index 188

"The earnest tone, completeness of the spectrum of animal uses discussed, and the simplicity and clarity of the prose and drawings all make this volume a good one to recommend to people who work with animals and need a quick primer in welfare. And readers who often encounter such animal workers might want to get a few extra copies to hand out." Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics