The animal trade [electronic resource] Edited by C. J. C. Phillips.
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- livestock
- trade in animals
- furbearing animals
- fur farming
- fur bearers
- milk products
- Perissodactyla
- Fissipeda
- pet animals
- dogs
- wildlife management
- poultry
- infectious diseases
- Gallus gallus
- egg production
- meat products
- birds
- animal rights
- markets
- animal welfare
- milk yielding animals
- eukaryotes
- cats
- mammals
- communicable diseases
- Gallus
- fowls
- legislation
- eggs
- etiology
- wool production
- Equidae
- Felidae
- wildlife conservation
- policy
- history
- Canidae
- furbearers
- domestic animals
- meat production
- Galliformes
- wool-producing animals
- trade
- animal diseases
- animals
- milk production
- carnivores
- chickens
- Equus
- international trade
- egg products
- wool producing animals
- Felis
- marketing
- wild animals
- furs
- Canis
- fur bearing animals
- disease transmission
- dairy products
- Phasianidae
- rules
- regulations
- aetiology
- Chordata
- domesticated birds
- world
- milk
- causal agents
- meat
- biodiversity
- pets
- milk-yielding animals
- wool
- meat animals
- vertebrates
- worldwide
- horses
Trade is an inevitable part of human activity and evolution, but when it involves animals there are important ethical issues that have to be considered. Animal trade is often for economic reasons only, and may be hard to justify ethically. There are significant welfare and environmental costs to animals and human society that must be carefully evaluated before such a trade is sanctioned.Controversial and thought-provoking, this text focuses on the trade in live and dead animals and animal parts. It examines the facts and figures to quantify the scope of the animal trade, concentrating mainly on farm animals, but also covering captive wildlife and companion animals. The book describes welfare, environmental, economic and cultural issues around this trade, debating important ethical considerations for everyone that uses or is otherwise involved with animals, especially people in animal welfare.
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