Attitudes to animals : views in animal welfare /

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Imprint:Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Description:x, 262 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3617598
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Other authors / contributors:Dolins, Francine L. (Francine Leigh), 1964-
ISBN:052147342X
0521479061 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of contributors
  • Acknowledgements
  • Part I. Attitudes to Animals
  • 1. A look back in the mirror: perspectives on animals and ethics
  • 2. Me and my totem: cross-cultural attitudes towards animals Phyllis Passariello
  • 3. Sheep in wolves' clothing? Attitudes to animals among farmers and scientists
  • Part II. Animal Awareness
  • 4. The problem of animal subjectivity and its consequences for the scientific measurement of animal suffering Francoise Wemelsfelder
  • 5. Environmental enrichment and impoverishment: neurophysiological effects
  • 6. The behavioural requirements of farm animals for psychological well-being and survival
  • 7. Personality and the happiness of the chimpanzee
  • 8. Primate cognition: evidence for the ethical treatment of primates
  • Part III. Animal Welfare
  • 9. Animal welfare: the concept of the issues
  • 10. New perspectives on the design and management of captive animal environments
  • 11. Should we let them go?
  • Part IV. Research and Education
  • 12. Humane education: the role of animal-based learning
  • 13. 'Minding animals': the role of animals in children's mental development
  • 14. Alternatives to using animals in education
  • 15. Animals in scientific education and a reverence for life
  • Part V. Epilogue: The Future of Animals
  • 16. Human sentiment and the future of wildlife
  • 17. In the absence of animals: power and impotence in our dealings with endangered animals
  • Index