Animals Rights category: 355 books

This is a special 50th year anniversary volume of Advances in the Study of Behavior with contributions from past and present editors and authors of the serial. Initiated 50 years ago, Advances in the Study of Behavior strives to serve the increasing number of scientists engaged in the study of animal...

Animal Behavior, Second Edition, covers the broad sweep of animal behavior from its neurological underpinnings to the importance of behavior in conservation. The authors, Michael Breed and Janice Moore, bring almost 60 years of combined experience as university professors to this textbook, much of...

Veganismo - essa palavra tem causado curiosidade em muitas pessoas, fascinado bastante delas e causado arrepios (nos sentidos bom e ruim) em tantas outras. Diante desse termo que parece novo - mas na verdade já tem mais de meio século de existência -, muitas perguntas surgem da população: O que...

How To Farm Frogs is an informative manual for individuals that would like to farm frogs for commercial profit with emphasis on lowering startup costs and basic systems.

The Endocannabinoid System: Genetics, Biochemistry, Brain Disorders, and Therapy examines the cellular, biochemical, genetic, and therapeutic aspects of the endocannabinoid system. The chapters cover significant conceptual advances in the endocannabinoid field and shed light on the many brain disorders...

Pubblicato nel 1875 sulla rivista “Fortnightly Rewiew” con il titolo Falsità comuni sulla vivisezione, questo testo ancora attualissimo mostra come Carroll avesse perfettamente compreso le relazioni tra uomini e animali. Nell’Inghilterra di quegli anni la vivisezione era diventata un problema...

Efficient Livestock Handling: The Practical Application of Animal Welfare and Behavioral Science brings together the science-based disciplines of animal behavior and welfare to discuss how knowledge of one area (behavior) can be used to promote the other. Emphasis is on cattle and horses, but swine,...

Advances in the Study of Behavior was initiated over 40 years ago to serve the increasing number of scientists engaged in the study of animal behavior. That number is still expanding. This volume makes another important "contribution to the development of the field" by presenting theoretical ideas...

Advances in the Study of Behavior was initiated over 40 years ago to serve the increasing number of scientists engaged in the study of animal behavior. That number is still expanding. This thematic volume, Vocal Communication in Birds and Mammals, makes another important "contribution to the development...

Modern broiler industry focuses on lowering production costs and increasing body weight with added value by producing customer oriented ready products. Feed formulation is both a science and an art, requiring knowledge of feed and poultry, and some patience and innovation when using formulae. Typical...

Une augmentation des adhésions. La Société Protectrice des Animaux (SPA) revendique aujourd’hui près de 80 000 adhérents. Ils étaient moins de 20 000 en 2001. La tendance est générale pour toutes les grandes associations de protection animale occidentales.  Une majorité de femmes, dirigeantes,...

Waarom ik mijn vrienden niet opeet’ is een hartstochtelijk pleidooi voor het welzijn van alle levende wezens van bestsellerauteur Matthieu Ricard. Elk jaar doden we 60 miljard landdieren en 1000 miljard zeedieren voor menselijke consumptie. Voor Matthieu Ricard is dat een ongeëvenaarde massamoord...

Dalla banalità del male a quella del bene. Il male è tutto ciò che fa soffrire gli esseri senzienti: da questa banale considerazione, si snoda il tema del saggio, in cui l’autrice tocca temi uniti dal comune denominatore di avere come vittime della sofferenza inflitta gli animali non umani: le...