The value of animal life: How should we balance quality against quantity?

Animal Welfare

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL., 2007, Pages 109-115

  Sandoe P ^a   Christiansen, S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal ethics; Animal welfare; Euthanasia; Killing of animals; Quality of life; Value of life

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ETHICS; EUTHANASIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 34250219619     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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