A Critique of FAWC's Five Freedoms as a Framework for the Analysis of Animal Welfare

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 959-975

  McCulloch, Steven P ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Critical analysis; Farm Animal Welfare Council; Five freedoms; Ideality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICS; POLICY MAKING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84885583281     PISSN: 11877863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10806-012-9434-7     Document Type: Article

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