The Science of Animal Welfare: Understanding What Animals Want

by Marian Stamp Dawkins

What is animal welfare? Why has it proved so difficult to find a definition that everyone can agree on? This concise and accessible guide is for anyone who is interested in animals and who has wondered how we can assess their welfare scientifically. It defines animal welfare as 'health and animals having what they want', a definition that can be easily understood by scientists and non-scientists alike, expresses in simple words what underlies many...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198848986
• ISBN13: 9780198848981
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.9" x 9.9"