Jacky Turner's Animal Breeding, Welfare and Society PDF

By Jacky Turner

ISBN-10: 1844075885

ISBN-13: 9781844075881

ISBN-10: 1844075893

ISBN-13: 9781844075898

The choice of while, how, how frequently and with whom an animal breeds is relocating swiftly clear of evolutionary pressures and in the direction of human reasons: those comprise the breeding of round 50 billion mammals and birds for nutrients construction each year, the breeding of pedigree canine and cats, racing canine and horses, specialized laboratory animal traces and using reproductive technological know-how to preserve endangered species or breeds and to restrict undesirable populations of pests and non-native species. however the ethics and sustainability of this takeover of animals' reproductive lives were insufficiently tested through both pros or the general public.

This e-book discusses the equipment, the motivations and the implications of human intervention in animal breeding when it comes to animal healthiness, behaviour and health and wellbeing. It explores the place we're now and the alternatives forward, and appears to a destiny the place now we have extra recognize for animals as sentient beings and the place lets loosen the reins of reproductive control.

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