Main description:

The Human Use of Animals reports the facts about some of the most compelling and difficult issues about animal welfare that confront society today. Fully revised and with four new chapters, the 16 case studies in the present volume explore a variety of controversies about the human uses of animals that have emerged over the last 40 years or so. The book begins with a lengthy exploration of applicable ethical theory. It then presents the facts of the 16
cases, followed in each case by analysis of pertinent theoretical and practical ethical issues. This volume offers a discussion of controversies within a range of contexts that includes biomedical, behavioural, and wildlife research, cosmetic safety testing, education, entertainment (zoos and circuses), the food
industry, commerce, companion animals and animal uses in religious practices.

Contents:

PART I. INTRODUCTION; PART II. FARM ANIMALS; PART III. ANIMALS FOR ENTERTAINMENT; PART IV. COMPANION ANIMALS; PART V. RELIGIOUS USES OF ANIMALS; PART VI. ENDANGERED SPECIES; PART VII. BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND COSMETIC TESTING; PART VIII. BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; PART IX. WILDLIFE RESEARCH; PART X. EDUCATIONAL USES OF ANIMALS