Understanding Animal Welfare

The Author David Fraser, CM, PhD, is Professor Emeritus in the Animal Welfare Program at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. Through 50 years of research on farm, companion, laboratory and wild animals, he is recognized as a pioneer of animal welfare science.

Preface to the Second Edition ix

Acknowledgements x

Introduction 1

Part I Animal Welfare in Context 9

1 Animals in the Human Mind 11

2 A Good Life for Animals 28

3 A Science of Animal Welfare 47

Part II Studying Animal Welfare 63

4 Disease, Injury and Productivity 65

5 ‘Stress’ 83

6 Abnormal Behaviour 104

7 Affective States 124

8 Positive Affect and the Science of Affect 146

9 ‘Natural’ Living 166

10 Preferences and Motivation 186

Part III From Science to Policy and Practice 209

11 Integrating Different Aspects of Animal Welfare 211

12 Policies, Standards and Assessment Programmes 226

13 ‘Facts’ and ‘Values’ in Mandated Science 244

Part IV New Directions 257

14 The Human Dimension and ‘One Welfare’ 259

15 The Welfare of Free- living Wild Animals 281

16 Animal Welfare and the Evolution of Animal Ethics 299

Coda: Animal Welfare, the Science and the Cultural Context 314

References 322

Index 353