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Through a vet's eyes : how we can all choose a better life for animals / Sean Wensley.
By: Wensley, Sean [author.]
.Publisher: London : Gaia, 2022Description: xvi, 347 pages.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781856754743.Subject(s): Human-animal relationships -- Moral and ethical aspects | Animal welfare | Animal rightsDDC classification: 179.3 Summary: "As our societies become more urbanised, we are further removed from the reality of where and how our food is produced. Surveys suggest that nearly 1 in 4 UK adults don’t know that bacon comes from pigs. On the opposite end of the spectrum, the humanisation of our pets is a risk to their welfare; with over 60% of UK dogs being overweight or obese, we are effectively killing them with kindness. Through A Vet’s Eyes seeks to redress this imbalance so that we see all animals as thinking, feeling beings not dissimilar to ourselves"-- Taken from publisher's website.
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| 179.3 COC Should animals have political rights? / | 179.3 ROU The Routledge handbook of animal ethics / | 179.3 SCR Animal rights and wrongs. | 179.3 WEN Through a vet's eyes : how we can all choose a better life for animals / | 179.30941 KEA Animal rights : | 179.7 ASS Assisted dying : | 179.7 COM [Final report] / |
"As our societies become more urbanised, we are further removed from the reality of where and how our food is produced. Surveys suggest that nearly 1 in 4 UK adults don’t know that bacon comes from pigs. On the opposite end of the spectrum, the humanisation of our pets is a risk to their welfare; with over 60% of UK dogs being overweight or obese, we are effectively killing them with kindness. Through A Vet’s Eyes seeks to redress this imbalance so that we see all animals as thinking, feeling beings not dissimilar to ourselves"-- Taken from publisher's website.