Ethology applied to animal ethics

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 118, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 118-127

  Würbel, Hanno ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal rights; Animal welfare; Applied ethology; Behaviour; Compassion; Empathy; Ethics; Integrity; Legislation; Sentience; Suffering; Utilitarianism; Well being

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ETHICS; MORPHOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 64149120979     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2009.02.019     Document Type: Article

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