Animal machines /

• Main Authors: Harrison, Ruth, 1920-2000, (Author), Dawkins, Marian Stamp, (Author), Webster, John, 1938- (Author), Rollin, Bernard E., (Author), Fraser, David (Author), Broom, Donald M., (Author)
• Other Authors: Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964, (writer of foreword.)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2013.
• Subjects: Factory farms.; Animal welfare.; Animal industry.; Livestock.; Laws and Regulations.; Agricultural Economics.; Meat Producing Animals.; Egg Producing Animals.; Animal Husbandry and Production, (New March 2000); Animal Welfare.; Social Psychology and Social Anthropology, (New March 2000); Animal housing.; Battery cages.; Beef cattle.; Broilers.; Cages.; Egg production.; Ethics.; Intensive livestock farming.; Legislation.; Livestock farming.; Meat production.; Poultry.; Poultry farming.; Veal calves.
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A reprint of a book originally published in 1964, with new contributions setting a modern context. The original book is comprised of 10 chapters covering and describing the methods of intensive farming of poultry and livestock during the 1960s. It was aimed at creating awareness regarding the produc...

Table of Contents:

• Why We Still Need to Read Animal Machines / Marian Stamp Dawkins
• Ruth Harrison: Tribute To An Inspirational Friend / John Webster
• Animal Machines: Prophecy and Philosophy / Bernard E. Rollin
• Ruth Harrison: A Tribute / David Fraser
• Ruth Harrison's Later Writings and Animal Welfare Work / Donald M. Broom
• Foreword to 1964 Edition by Rachel Carson
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Broiler Chickens
• Poultry Packing Stations
• Battery Birds
• Veal Calves
• Other Intensive Units
• The New Factory Farming: A Pictorial Summary
• The Basis of Quality
• Quantity Versus Quality
• Cruelty and Legislation
• Conclusion.