"A new book about numerous aspects of animal welfare merits worldwide
attention. –Psychology Today, 2022. Globally, non-human animals – aka
animals – need all the help they can get in an increasingly human-dominated
world. The Routledge Handbook of Animal Welfare comprehensively reviews the
welfare of animals in the wide array of settings in which they are used,
including emerging issues such as the impacts of intensive farming and the
wildlife trade on climate change, biodiversity loss, and antimicrobial
resistance and pandemics. A most valuable source of up-to-date information
for a global audience."
~ Marc Bekoff PhD, University of Colorado, USA
"Human activity is responsible for serious welfare problems for billions of
non-human animals. Identifying the action required to address these issues
and securing public support for it demands good evidence, wise reflection,
and clear argumentation. This book provides all three and is an essential
resource for anyone concerned about animal welfare."
~ Prof. David L Clough MA (Cantab), MSt (Oxon), PhD (Yale), FHEA, University
of Aberdeen, UK
"A defining text in the field of animal welfare. Challenging, insightful,
and current, this book covers a diversity of subject areas in the rapidly
evolving arena of animal welfare. Both informative and balanced, the
chapters explore and test our moral perceptions towards animals from a
legal, cultural, and ethical perspective. In a time of changing attitudes
with so many global issues at the forefront of society, this book provides a
welcome and much needed contribution to conceptualisation of animal welfare
in the modern day."
~ Prof. Luke Gamble BVSc, DVM&S, FRCVS, Chief Executive – Worldwide
Veterinary Service, UK
"The Routledge Handbook of Animal Welfare is the most comprehensive and
up-to-date coverage of animal welfare issues in all settings in which they
are used – or misused. It provides compelling scientific evidence as to why
the welfare of animals is important for the sake of millions of sentient
beings, and also for our own health. Everyone concerned with the well-being
of animals – students and professors, NGO staffers, and legislators – should
read and own this book."
~ Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE, Founder – The Jane Goodall Institute & UN
Messenger of Peace
"This textbook combines both classical and new topics in the rapidly growing
discipline of animal welfare. It integrates important neighboring fields,
such as animal ethics and animal law. It considers changes in human-animal
interaction, and is an invaluable guide for navigating this rapidly changing
terrain. The book demonstrates animal welfare science’s growing importance
for social decision-making and pushes the field forward in a number of
important fronts."
~ Univ.-Prof. Dr Herwig Grimm, Ethics and Human-Animal Studies, Messerli
Research Institute, Veterinary University Vienna, Medical University Vienna,
University Vienna, Austria
"Finally, there is a comprehensive, evidence-based animal welfare text
that doesn’t shy away from examining the hard questions about how humans use
animals, and how the Anthropocene impacts animals. Edited by luminaries, and
with a range of expert contributing authors, this text is essential reading
for anyone whose study or work relates to animal welfare."
~ Dr Jennifer Hood BSc Hons, BVMS, PhD, Veterinary Director Animals
Australia and Adjunct Senior Lecturer Murdoch Veterinary School, Australia
"We are at a critical point in human history. Central to the health,
climate, and ecological crises is the way we treat other animals and their
habitats. This book brings to the forefront the true impact of animal
exploitation in all its forms. I hope the book will persuade many that we
can live a kinder, more compassionate life on this planet in harmony with
all life forms."
~ Shireen Kassam MD, PhD, Visiting Professor of Plant-Based Nutrition.
University of Winchester, UK
"This book on animal welfare is unique in challenging the notion that
animals are resources for humans. Kudos to the editors for such an ambitious
and ethically oriented book. This book is essential reading for students,
and anyone interested in animal welfare and innovative means to improve it.
Highly recommended!"
~ Barry Kipperman DVM, DACVIM, MSc, DACAW, Veterinary Specialist in
Animal Welfare and Instructor of Veterinary Ethics at the University of
California at Davis, USA
"Animal welfare law and policy constitute a field of growing importance in
society, and in the teaching of law, public ethics, politics and veterinary
science. The Routledge Handbook of Animal Welfare distils the knowledge and
experience of 50 authors, into a comprehensive and rigorous summary of key
animal law and welfare issues around the globe. It is a magisterial
exposition of the neglectful past; the contemporary awakening; and the
future enlightenment concerning our relationship to other animals. This book
makes a signal contribution to the fields of animal law and welfare."
~ The Hon. Michael Kirby AC, CMG, Former Justice of the High Court of
Australia. Editor-In-Chief of The Laws of Australia
"This impressive book folds science with vision on the ethics of animal
use and how things need to change. Covering animal welfare and its
interdependencies with human health and environmental impact in an
accessible way, it is a handbook in the true sense of the word: an
authoritative volume that I’ll certainly be keeping close to hand."
~ Prof. Philip Lymbery, Global CEO, Compassion in World Farming
International
"A uniquely broad collection that describes the varied (and generally
harmful) impacts that humans have on other animals, whether by farming them
for food or simply encroaching into their wild habitats. Readers will
welcome the truly international perspective. A tour de force by a stellar
group of animal welfare scientists, experts in animal law and ethics,
veterinarians, and animal advocates. Anyone who cares about animals will
find this book a comprehensive resource and will be encouraged and inspired
by the final section showing how change can be achieved."
~ Christine Nicol MA, DPhil, Professor of Animal Welfare, Royal Veterinary
College, UK
"We are witnessing a revolution in how humans view and treat other animals,
necessitating a fresh look at the human/non-human animal relationship. The
editors of the Routledge Handbook of Animal Welfare have assembled experts
from various fields, bringing scientific and historical perspectives that
are helpful to deepen our understanding of animal protection in the 21st
century. This book is a welcome and important contribution to animal welfare
literature."
~ Joyce Tischler JD, Professor of Practice, Animal Law, Center for Animal
Law Studies at Lewis & Clark Law School, Founder ALDF Animal Legal Defense
Fund
"Provides the scientific case for the multiple (human and non-human)
co-benefits of abolishing the economic exploitation of other animals."
~ Dr Richard Twine, PhD, Co-Director of the Centre for Human–Animal Studies,
Edge Hill University, UK
"A comprehensive book covering a wide range of important animal welfare
issues by fantastic contributors. The inclusion of one welfare topics as
well as chapters on animal ethics and law and also social change makes this
a brilliant resource. I thoroughly recommend this book to everyone that has
an interest in animal welfare and thank all of the wonderful people that
made this happen."
~ Dr Arnja Dale, Chief Scientific Officer, SPCA
Andrew Knight (MANZCVS, DipECAWBM (AWSEL), DipACAW, PhD,
FRCVS, PFHEA) is a Professor of Animal Welfare and Ethics, and Founding
Director of the Centre for Animal Welfare, at the University of Winchester,
UK. He is also an Adjunct Professor in the School of Environment and Science
at Griffith University, Australia. Prior to working in academia, he
practised veterinary medicine for nearly a decade.
Clive JC Phillips (BSc, MA, PhD) was Australia’s first
Professor of Animal Welfare, at the University of Queensland, Australia, and
foundation director of the Centre for Animal Welfare and Ethics. He
previously lectured at the University of Cambridge and the University of
Wales, UK. His books include Principles of Cattle Production (third edition,
2018), The Animal Trade (2015), and The Welfare of Animals: The Silent
Majority (2008). He has authored about four hundred scientific journal
articles. He chairs the Queensland and Western Australia Governments' Animal
Welfare Boards, is editor-in-chief of the journal Animals, edits an Animal
Welfare Series, and is Director of the Humane Society International.
Paula Sparks (LLB (Hons), BL) is a Visiting Professor at
the University of Winchester, UK, where she teaches animal law. She
practised as a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers in London before leaving
the bar in 2018 to pursue a full time role with the UK Centre of Animal Law
(A-LAW), a charity whose vision is a world where animals are fully protected
by law. She frequently lectures and writes about animal-related law and
policy.
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