Effects of Transitions in North American Animal Agriculture on Animal Well-being: Personal Observations

People involved with production animal agriculture in the U.S., including owners and workers, are often portrayed as callous to animal welfare. While callous people exist in any population, I maintain that most people who own and work with farm animals do consider animal welfare, both for moral and...

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Main Author: Seidel, G. E. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2019
In: Journal of applied animal ethics research
Year: 2019, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Pages: 41-65
Further subjects:B industrialized agriculture
B Ethics
B Farmers
B Animal welfare
B family farms
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