Citizen Attitudes to Farm Animals in Finland: A Population-Based Study

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 601-620

  Kupsala, Saara ^a,b   Vinnari, Markus ^a   Jokinen, Pekka ^c   Räsänen, Pekka ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Animal rights; Animal welfare; Attitudes; Citizens; Farm animals; Survey

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; ETHICS; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SURVEY METHOD;

FINLAND;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84938424213     PISSN: 11877863     EISSN: 1573322X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10806-015-9545-z     Document Type: Article

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