Animal Welfare & Human ValuesWilfrid Laurier Univ. Press, 24. jun. 1993 - 334 sider As the most populous province in Canada, Ontario is a microcosm of the animal welfare issues which beset Western civilization. The authors of this book, chairman and vice-chairman, respectively, of the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, find themselves constantly being made aware of the atrocities committed in the Society’s jurisdiction. They have been, in turn, puzzled, exasperated and horrified at humanity’s cruelty to our fellow sentient beings. The issues discussed in this book are the most contentious in animal welfare disputes — animal experimentation, fur-farming and trapping, the use of animals for human entertainment and the conditions under which animals are raised for human consumption. They are complex issues and should be thought about fairly and seriously. The authors, standing squarely on the side of the animals, suggest “community” and “belonging” as concepts through which to understand our relationships to other species. They ground their ideas in Wordsworth’s “primal sympathy” and Jung’s “unconscious identity” with the animal realm. The philosophy developed in this book embraces common sense and compromise as the surest paths to the goal of animal welfare. It requires respect and consideration for other species while acknowledging our primary obligations to our fellow humans. |
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... creatures . We wish to emphasize that the views expressed in this book are our own . They should not be interpreted as necessarily those of the organizations to which we belong . The issues discussed in this book are the most ...
... creatures . " And in his " Sermon on the Turning of the Wheel of the Law " delivered at the deer park at Sarnath in India somewhere between the fifth and sixth centuries B.C. , Gautama the Buddha forbade harm to any living creature ...
... creatures seen in the portrait of St. Matthew ) but always sensitive miniatures . And while Professor Westwood in his Palaeographia Sacra Pictoria describes with some justice the drawing which includes the Virgin's dog - head throne as ...
... creatures with wants and feelings differing in degree only from our own , they surely have their rights . -Ernest Thompson Seton , Wild Animals I Have Known , 1898 Human history is not merely a history of inhumanity to other species ...
... creatures . ' To the extent that human interests are " 1 1 Francis Bacon , Essays ( London : R. Chiswell et al . , 1706 ) , p . 31 ( written ca. 1600 ) . not threatened , so humans have a natural propensity to 22 Animal Welfare and ...
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Animal Experimentation The Alternatives | 73 |
Animal Experimentation Legislation and Assessment | 85 |
Hunting Fishing and Fowling | 103 |
Animals in Entertainment Zoos Aquaria and Circuses | 185 |
Of Farms and Factories | 211 |
Companion Animals | 229 |
The Community of Sentient Beings | 243 |
The Philosophy of Animal Rights | 265 |
The Philosophy of Animal Protection | 283 |
Epilogue Ode to Sensibility | 307 |
Select Bibliography | 317 |
Frivolous Fur Veneration and Environmentalism | 123 |
Frivolous Fur Trappers Clubbers and Farmers | 139 |
Animals in Entertainment Racing Riding and Fighting | 161 |
Index | 321 |