Farm Animal Welfare: School, Bioethical, and Research Issues [Hardcover]

Bernard E. Rollin (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0813825636 | ISBN-13: 978-0813825632 | Publication Date: January 15, 1995 | Edition: 1

Concern for animal welfare is emerging as a major component of Western social ethics. The central issue is the use of animals in research and in food production. Laws reflecting the new ethic have been passed worldwide. Rollin urges animal producers and agricultural scientists in the USA to address animal welfare problems now, before federal legislation forces the issue. This book examines the origin and nature of the new social ethics for animals as a mainstream social phenomenon. In lay language and lively engaging prose, Rollin explains how changes in the nature of animal use in the 20th century have led to the need for an ethic that goes well beyond traditional social-ethical concerns about "kindness" and "cruelty" to animals. The specific welfare issues of close confinement, pain control and animal welfare that arise in various animal production industries are discussed in turn. Rollin identifies research problems in the beef cattle, swine, dairy cattle, veal calves, and poultry livestock industries. This book provides an excellent introduction to the philosophical, ethical, social and scientific dimensions of agriculture animal welfare.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 168 pages
• Publisher: Iowa State Press; 1 edition (January 15, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0813825636
• ISBN-13: 978-0813825632
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,703,544 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A duty toward vegetariansm, March 30, 2000

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This review is from: Farm Animal Welfare: School, Bioethical, and Research Issues (Hardcover)

I expected a more "animal rights" version of why we should all be vegetarians. In fact, this is a very balanced explanation of how we *used to* take better care of our farm animals == they were practically under the same roof as us; there was an unwritten contract between us and the animals, that if we took care of them, they would "take care of us." but now that "animal husbandry" has become "animal science" -- and animals are no longer under our roof, this "contract" is no longer a fair contract: there is benefit for only the human and not the animal.

Bernard Rollin gives both the meat eater and the vegetarian a lot to think about with this book. I highly recommend it for all.

1 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars just another review, January 19, 2001

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"jstrobl" (Bavaria) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Farm Animal Welfare: School, Bioethical, and Research Issues (Hardcover)

For all people who want to inform themselves about socialism and communism in very abstract way. Personally I prefer to treat an issue in a realistic way, and I think the oppinions and feelings of the situations that Orwell describes would better be understood if he had used human characters.

FINE

0 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars not too bad, January 19, 2001

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"johannareiter" (Germany) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Farm Animal Welfare: School, Bioethical, and Research Issues (Hardcover)

I have had to read this book for the English class and I must say that it is not bad. For me it was not easy to understand and so I was tired to read it. But I think that it was a good choice to read this book in class because you can learn much about the Revolution in Russia but also a lot about tyranny.