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Sentience and Animal Welfare
Donald M. Broom
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Description for Sentience and Animal Welfare
Paperback. Sentience - the ability to feel, perceive and experience - is central to the animal welfare debate. This book investigates and defines aspects of sentience such as consciousness, memory and emotions, and discusses brain complexity in detail. It looks at sentience from a developmental perspective and includes a chapter on ethical decisions. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 388.
Sentience – the ability to feel, perceive and experience – is central to the animal welfare debate as it raises the question of whether animals experience suffering in life and death. This book explores and answers these questions in an objective way, based on the latest research and empirical evidence. Beginning with an introduction to sentience, the book investigates why we are so interested in sentience, when, as a species, humans became sentient and how it has changed over time. The book defines aspects of sentience such as consciousness, memory and emotions, and discusses brain complexity in detail. Looking at ... Read more
Sentience – the ability to feel, perceive and experience – is central to the animal welfare debate as it raises the question of whether animals experience suffering in life and death. This book explores and answers these questions in an objective way, based on the latest research and empirical evidence. Beginning with an introduction to sentience, the book investigates why we are so interested in sentience, when, as a species, humans became sentient and how it has changed over time. The book defines aspects of sentience such as consciousness, memory and emotions, and discusses brain complexity in detail. Looking at ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
CABI
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Wallingford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780644042
SKU
V9781780644042
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Donald M. Broom
Donald M. Broom, Emeritus Professor of Animal Welfare, Cambridge University, Department of Veterinary Medicine, has developed concepts and methods of scientific assessment of animal welfare and studied: cognitive abilities of animals, the welfare of animals in relation to housing and transport, behaviour problems, attitudes to animals, sustainable livestock production and ethics of animal usage. He has published over 300 ... Read more
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