The Future of Animal Farming by Marian Stamp Dawkins
Written by world-leading experts in farming, animal behaviour, food production, animal welfare, and ethics Foreword by Peter Singer This is the first book to seriously examine the farming of animals and to recommend future practice from an ethical, environmental, economic, and sustainable viewpoint.
Eminent authors dig deep into the principles of farming animals, and leave the reader with unanswered questions about the future of animal agricultureThis is a book that takes a long and sometimes uncomfortable journey to provide a big picture of farm animal agriculture. (Universities Federation for Animal Welfare, 2009) A collection of essays that is a must for every shelf, whether the reader eats meat or wears a wool sweater. Economics, environmental issues, health concerns, philosophy, ethics and morals, psychology, and behavioral studies as well as their relationship to modern animal production issues, are just a hint of the topics discussed in this book. Essential. All readers and libraries. (CHOICE, November 2008)
Marian Stamp Dawkins is Professor of Animal Behaviour in the Department of Zoology, University of Oxford and Vice-Principal of Somerville College, Oxford. As a graduate student, she was supervised by Niko Tinbergen, the Nobel Prize winning pioneer of the study of animal behaviour. She has a long-standing interest in the study of animal welfare and the practical application of research to commercial farming.
Roland Bonney is a Director of the Food Animal Initiative and a main board Director of the Benchmark Holdings group. He has more than twenty years of professional farming experience, from New Zealand, Australia and the UK, and set up his own agricultural business based on arable, sheep and cattle production in Wiltshire, UK. He is committed to driving progress towards sustainable agriculture that delivers good animal welfare and conserves the environment, while feeding people and providing farmers with a viable income.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781405177825 |
| ISBN 10 | 1405177829 |
| Title | The Future of Animal Farming |
| Author | Marian Stamp Dawkins |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Year published | 2008-04-15 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
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