What Animals Want Expertise and Advocacy in Laboratory Animal Welfare Policy

by Carbone, Larry

• ISBN13: 9780195161977
• ISBN10: 0195161971
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2099-11-30
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This book is a scholarly history of the evolution of animal welfare public policy, as well as one insider's autobiographical observations of how animals live and die in laboratories. For more than thirty years, protectionists and scientists have claimed to know the facts of animal welfare. Failure to account for this social dimension has left us with a polarized literature from animal liberationists and science advocates who talk past each other. Carbone helps us understand how we can better determine what animals in laboratories really want and should reasonably expect, and how we can help achieve a better balance.

Author Biography

Larry Carbone received doctoral degrees from Cornell University in Veterinary Medicine and in History and Philosophy of Science. He developed the Animal Welfare Assurance Program for the University of California, San Francisco, where he continues to care for research animals

Table of Contents

Introduction: What animals want	p. 3
Life in the animal laboratory	p. 23
Animal welfare: Philosophy meets science	p. 44
A rat is a pig: The significance of species	p. 67
Performance standards: How big is your guinea pig's house?	p. 96
Centaurs and science: The professionalization of laboratory animal care and use	p. 116
The problem of pain	p. 141
The animal advocates	p. 165
Death by decapitation: A case study	p. 186
Dog walkers and monkey psychiatrists	p. 206
A look to the future	p. 239
Glossary	p. 245
Notes	p. 249
References	p. 265
Index	p. 285
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