Are We Pushing Animals to Their Biological Limits?: Welfare and Ethical ImplicationsTemple Grandin, Martin Whiting 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. |
Contents
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The Welfare of Those Worked to Their Limit | 28 |
Welfare Implications | 49 |
Welfare Implications | 63 |
7 Selective Breeding Cloning and Gene Editing of Dogs and Cats for Appearance and Performance Traits | 76 |
Welfare and Sustainability Implications | 89 |
10 Cloning Editing and GMOs for Animal Enhancement | 140 |
Ethical Challenges of Advanced Prosthetic Technology in Veterinary Medicine | 159 |
12 Animal Welfare and the Brave New World of Modifying Animals | 170 |
Welfare Responsibilities Associated with Domestication | 179 |
14 Pressing Animals beyond Their Biological Limits | 189 |
Pushing Animals to Their Limits | 197 |
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9 Welfare Concerns in Genetically Modified Laboratory Mice and Rats | 122 |
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