Alick Simmons

Treated Like Animals

Improving the Lives of the Creatures We Own, Eat and Use

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Societyâ s arbitrary and inconsistent grouping of animals according to their â useâ means that we tolerate institutionalised inhumane exploitation for some while striving to protect others. The author advocates an approach to animal exploitation based on science and a universal ethics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pelagic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 482g
• ISBN-13: 9781784273415
• ISBN-10: 1784273414
• Artikelnr.: 64781732

Autorenporträt

By Alick Simmons

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1 The Exploitation of Animals
2 Why Aren’t All Animals Treated the Same Way?
3 The Welfare of Farmed Animals: an Overview
4 Grazing Animals: the Best, and Some of the Worst
5 Pigs, Poultry and the Rest
6 Snares, Guns and Poison: the ‘Management’ of Wildlife
7 Conservation: Exploitation with Clear Limits?
8 Recreation, Sport and a Little Food
9 Pets: Exploitation Begins at Home
10 Animals Used in Research
11 A Personal Ethical Framework
12 Making Sense of It All
Notes
Glossary and Abbreviations
Further Reading
Acknowledgments
Index