John Webster

Animal Husbandry Regained (eBook, ePUB)

The Place of Farm Animals in Sustainable Agriculture

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The farming of animals for meat and milk confronts a stark dilemma. While world demand from a growing and more affluent human population is increasing rapidly, there are strong counter-arguments that we should eat less meat and pay more attention to environmental protection, animal welfare and human health and well-being. The aim of this book is to identify and explain the causes and contributors to current problems in animal husbandry, especially those related to 'factory farming', and advance arguments that may contribute to its successful re-orientation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136205583
• Artikelnr.: 38260771

Autorenporträt

John Webster is Professor Emeritus at the University of Bristol (UK) and a former member of the Animal Health and Welfare Panel of the European Food Safety Agency. As Professor of Animal Husbandry at the University of Bristol Veterinary School, he established a unit for the study of animal welfare and behaviour, now the largest such group in the world. He is author of 'Animal Welfare: A Cool Eye toward Eden' (1993) and 'Animal Welfare: Limping towards Eden' (2005), both Blackwell. He is also co-editor of 'The Meat Crisis' (Earthscan, 2010).

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Engaging with the Problems. 1. Whatever Happened to Husbandry? 2.
Audits of Animals in Agriculture. 3. Animal Husbandry, Health and Welfare.
4. Food from Animals. 5. Nature's Social Union: Philosophy, Politics and
Economics. Part 2: Embarking on Solutions. 6. Better, Kinder Food. 7.
Futures for Animal Science and Technology. 8. Futures for Farm Animals in
Planet Husbandry. 9. Animal Husbandry and Society: Substance and Shadows,
Carrots and Sticks. Index.