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Farm Animal Welfare: Some Opinions, Michael W. Fox
Farm Animal Welfare: Some Opinions, Michael W. Fox
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The subject of farm animal welfare has evoked a wide range of responses from those involved in the livestock industry and those concerned about the humaneness of intensive husbandry farming practices. Books have been published on the subject as well as a large number of articles in professional and popular magazines. Three international symposia dealing with animal rights have been held in the last two years and a major European conference dealing with farm animal welfare and involving veterinarians, farmers, animal scientists and animal welfare groups was held in Amsterdam in 1979.
In the U.K., a governmental Farm Animal Welfare …