Sentience and animal welfare /

• Main Author: Broom, Donald M., (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2014.
• Subjects: Emotions in animals.; Consciousness in animals.; Animal welfare.; Animal Welfare.; Bioethical Issues.; Consciousness.; Emotions.; Perception.; Sensation.; Animal Behaviour.; Animal Physiology and Biochemistry (Excluding Nutrition); Non-communicable Diseases and Injuries of Animals.; Non-communicable Human Diseases and Injuries.; Behaviour (Wild Animals), (New March 2000); Aging.; Animal behaviour.; Attitudes.; Brain.; Brain diseases.; Cognitive development.; Domestic animals.; Education.; Ethics.; Mortality.; Motivation.; Old age.; Sustainability.; Wild animals.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 185 pages) : illustrations (some color), charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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This book discusses topics on the qualities that make up sentience; ethics, morality and attitudes; animal welfare science: history and concepts; brain complexity and cognitive ability; feelings and emotions; awareness and consciousness; motivation and needs; welfare assessment; sentience during development, brain damage and old age; ethical decisions about humans and non-humans; and sustainability, welfare attitudes and education.