Animal Welfare and Human Values

Introduction

Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data Preece, Rod, 1939Animal welfare and human values Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-88920-227-3 1. Animal welfare - Moral andethical aspects. I. Chamberlain, Lorna, 1945- . II. Title. HV4708.P74A65 1993 179'.3 C93-093988-3 Copyright © 1993 Wilfrid Laurier University Press Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3C5 Cover design by Connolly Design Inc. Cover Photo: Detail from a photograph by James Hertel Printed in Canada Animal Welfare and Human Values has been produced from a manuscript supplied in camera-ready form by the authors. All rights reserved. No part of this work covered by the copyrights hereon may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means —graphic, electronic or mechanical —without the prior written permission of the publisher. Any request for photocopying , recording, taping or reproducing in information storage and retrieval systems of any part of this book shall be directed in writing to the Canadian Reprography Collective , 379 Adelaide Street West, Suite Ml, Toronto, Ontario M5V 1S5. This book is dedicated to the staff of the Ontario S.P.C.A. (Ontario Humane Society), the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies and the Sarnia and District Humane Society. It has been written in memory of Demon, Nicholas and Oliver and in enjoyment of Blue, Brie and Tyler. They are all a part of our family. Royalties from the sale of this book will be donated to the Caring Campaign of the Ontario S.P.C.A. This page intentionally left blank Contents Acknowledgements ix Introduction 1 One The Status of Animals: From Human Origins to Humanism 5 Two The Status of Animals: From the Age of Humanism to the Twentieth Century 21 Three Animal Experimentation: Prologue 45 Four Animal Experimentation: The Debate 59 Five Animal Experimentation: The Alternatives 73 Six Animal Experimentation: Legislation and Assessment 85 Seven Hunting, Fishing and Fowling 103 Eight Frivolous Fur: Veneration and Environmentalism 123 Nine Frivolous Fur: Trappers, Clubbers and Farmers 139 Ten Animals in Entertainment: Racing, Riding and Fighting 161 Eleven Animals in Entertainment: Zoos, Aquaria and Circuses 185 Twelve Of Farms and Factories 211 Thirteen Companion Animals 229 Fourteen The Community of Sentient Beings 243 Fifteen The Philosophy of Animal Rights 265 Sixteen The Philosophy of Animal Protection 283 vii ...