Description: Welfare of Performing Animals : A Historical Perspective, Paperback by Wilson, David A. H., ISBN 3662509318, ISBN-13 9783662509319, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US This timely book describes and analyses a neglected area of the history of concern for animal welfare, discussing the ends and means of the capture, transport, housing and training of performing animals, as well as the role of pressure groups, politics, the press and vested interests. It examines primary source material of considerable interdisciplinary interest, and addresses the influence of scientific and veterinary opinion and the effectiveness of proposals for supervisory legislation, noting the current international status and characteristics of present-day practice within the commercial sector. Animal performance has a long history, and at the beginning of the twentieth century this aspect of popular entertainment became the subject not just of a major public controversy but also of prolonged British parliamentary attention to animal welfare. Following an assessment of the use of trained animals in the more distant historical past, th charts the emergence ofcriticism and analyses the arguments and evidence used by the opponents and proponents in Britain from the early twentieth century to the present, noting comparable events in the United States and elsewhere.
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Book Title: Welfare of Performing Animals : a Historical Perspective
Number of Pages: Xvi, 278 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Springer Berlin / Heidelberg
Topic: Agriculture / Animal Husbandry, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Animals / General, Animal Rights, Life Sciences / Zoology / General
Publication Year: 2016
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Nature, Philosophy, Technology & Engineering, Science
Item Weight: 159.1 Oz
Author: David A. H. Wilson
Item Length: 9.3 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Book Series: Animal Welfare Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback