Farm animal welfare - David Sainsbury

The animal welfare field is currently a battleground between two extreme viewpoints. On the one side are the extreme `welfarists who advocate a natural habitat for the raising of livestock, and on the other are the `intensivists, whose only concern in raising stock would appear to be the production results they achieve. A middle course is possible and the aim of this book is to consider the welfare of farm animals as a whole in the light of current knowledge. There is no perfect system for raising each different type of farm animal, but this book does provide practical information and demonstrates