Are We Pushing Animals to Their Biological Limits?: Welfare and Ethical Implicat

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Stimulating and thought-provoking, this book looks at the welfare problems and philosophical and ethical issues that are caused by changes made to animals, both positive and negative, to make them more productive or adapted for human uses.

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Stimulating and thought-provoking, this important new text looks at the welfare problems and philosophical and ethical issues that are caused by changes made to an animal's telos, behaviour and physiology, both positive and negative, to make them more productive or adapted for human uses. These changes may involve selective breeding for production, appearance traits, or competitive advantage in sport, transgenic animals or the use of pharmaceuticals or hormones to enhance production or performance. Changes may impose duties to care for these animals further and more intensely, or they may make the animal more robust. The book considers a wide range of animals, including farm animals, companion animals and laboratory animals. It reviews the ethics and welfare issues of animals that have been adapted for sport, as companions, in work, as ornaments, food sources, guarding and a whole host of other human functions. This important new book sparks debate and is essential reading for all those involved in animal welfare and ethics, including veterinarians, animal scientists, animal welfare scientists and ethologists.

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Stimulating and thought-provoking, this important new text looks at the welfare problems and philosophical and ethical issues that are caused by changes made to an animal's telos, behaviour and physiology, both positive and negative, to make them more productive or adapted for human uses. These changes may involve selective breeding for production, appearance traits, or competitive advantage in sport, transgenic animals or the use of pharmaceuticals or hormones to enhance production or performance. Changes may impose duties to care for these animals further and more intensely, or they may make the animal more robust. The book considers a wide range of animals, including farm animals, companion animals and laboratory animals. It reviews the ethics and welfare issues of animals that have been adapted for sport, as companions, in work, as ornaments, food sources, guarding and a whole host of other human functions. This important new book sparks debate and is essential reading for all those involved in animal welfare and ethics, including veterinarians, animal scientists, animal welfare scientists and ethologists.

Author Biography

Temple Grandin (Edited By)Temple Grandin is Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University. Dr. Grandin's work includes design of animal handling systems, research on livestock behaviour, and auditing animal welfare. She has visited 26 countries and has served on the OIE animal welfare ad hoc committee for slaughter. Her previous livestock books include Livestock Handling and Transport, Genetics and the Behavior of Domestic Animals and Humane Livestock Handling. Her popular press books on animal behaviour have been both U.S. and international bestsellers. Throughout her career, Dr. Grandin has worked to combine scientific research results with practical application in the field. In the North America half, the cattle are handled in equipment she designed for meat plants. She has received awards for her work on animal welfare from both the livestock industry and animal welfare NGOs. She has awards from The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, The American Meat Institute, American Society for Animal Science and the Humane Society of the U.S.Martin Whiting (Edited By)is an RCVS and European Veterinary Specialist in Animal Welfare, Ethics and Law. Previously based at the Royal Veterinary College, London, Dr Whiting was the UK's first lecturer in Veterinary Ethics and Law and has published many articles on a range of topics from veterinary informed consent, professional regulation through to animal welfare studies. He has presented his work at national and international conferences and has previously edited other textbooks on veterinary ethics and animal welfare. He previously chaired a conference on Animal Enhancements which had considerable public engagement and inspired the deep study which lead to this book. Dr Whiting's main interest in around the public interest in the veterinary profession and in all the professions which interact with animals both positively and negatively.

Table of Contents

1: Introduction: Use New Genetic Technologies and Animal Breeding Methods Carefully to Avoid Problems 2: Domestication to Dolly and Beyond: A Brief History of Animal Modification 3: Good for Whom? Differences between Human and Animal Enhancement 4: Working Equids: The Welfare of Those Worked to Their Limit 5: Genetics and Other Technologies for Increasing the Productivity of Cattle, Sheep and Pigs: Welfare Implications 6: Technologies for Increasing the Productivity of Poultry: Welfare Implications 7: Selective Breeding, Cloning and Gene Editing of Dogs and Cats for Appearance and Performance Traits 8: Methods to Increase Fish Production: Welfare and Sustainability Implications 9: Welfare Concerns in Genetically Modified Laboratory Mice and Rats 10: Cloning, Editing and GMOs for Animal Enhancement 11: From Bionic Cat to Superdog: Ethical Challenges of Advanced Prosthetic Technology in Veterinary Medicine 12: Animal Welfare and the Brave New World of Modifying Animals 13: A Duty to the Enhanced, not a Duty to Enhance: Welfare Responsibilities Associated with Domestication 14: Pressing Animals Beyond Their Biological Limits 15: Concluding: Animals Pushed to Their Limits

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Suitable for veterinarians, veterinary students, animal welfare scientists and students, and animal ethologists.

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The key word that defines this book, one considered directly by most authors, is 'enhancement.' Since the procedures used to to achieve enhancement is nearly always designed for our benefit, whether defined by commerce (farm animals) human health (lab animals) or cosmetic appearance (designer dogs and cats). The more difficult problems arise when it is necessary to make borderline decisions regarding the harm:benefit analysis (harms to the animals vs benefits to society or individuals). These are critical issues in public and private ethics that call for informed decisions on a case-by-case basis. There is much of this book that can lead us to these informed decisions. Animal Welfare, May 2019

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Suitable for veterinarians, veterinary students, animal welfare scientists and students, and animal ethologists.

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This new text looks at the welfare problems and philosophical and ethical issues that are caused by changes made to an animal's telos, behavior, and physiology (both positive and negative) to adapt them for human uses. These changes may involve selective breeding for production, appearance traits, or competitive advantage in sport; transgenic animals; or the use of pharmaceuticals or hormones to enhance production or performance. Changes may impose duties to care for these animals further and more intensely, or they may make the animal more robust. Considering a wide range of animals, including farm animals, companion animals, and laboratory animals, the book reviews the ethics and welfare issues of animals which have been adapted for sport, companions, toys, ornaments, food sources, weapons, and a whole host of other human functions. It will spark debate and is essential for all those involved in animal welfare and ethics, including veterinarians, animal scientists, animal welfare scientists, and ethologists.

Details ISBN178639054X Year 2018 ISBN-10 178639054X ISBN-13 9781786390547 Format Paperback Author Dr Martin Whiting Media Book Pages 224 Publication Date 2018-07-31 Short Title Are We Pushing Animals to Their Biological Limits? Language English Subtitle Welfare and Ethical Implications UK Release Date 2018-07-31 Imprint CABI Publishing Place of Publication Wallingford Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2018-07-31 NZ Release Date 2018-07-31 Publisher CABI Publishing Edited by Martin Whiting DEWEY 179/.3 Audience General We've got this

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