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       Library of Congress Cataloging‐in‐Publication Data

      Names: Webster, John, 1938– author.

      Title: Animal welfare. Understanding sentient minds and why it matters / John Webster.

      Other titles: Understanding sentient minds and why it matters | UFAW animal welfare series

      Description: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley‐Blackwell, 2022. | Series: UFAW/Wiley‐Blackwell animal welfare book series

      Identifiers: LCCN 2022001000 (print) | LCCN 2022001001 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119857068 (paperback) | ISBN 9781119857075 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781119857082 (epub)

      Subjects: MESH: Animal Welfare

      Classification: LCC HV4708 (print) | LCC HV4708 (ebook) | NLM HV 4708 | DDC 636.08/32–dc23/eng/20220204

      LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022001000 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022001001

      Cover Design: Wiley

      Cover Images: © Judy Tomlinson/Getty Images; Agus Mahmuda/Getty Images; Paul Souders/ Getty Images; Pakkawit Anantaya/Getty Images

      To a startled mouse, and a serene rat, who gave me the idea.

      About the Author

      John Webster

      John Webster is Emeritus Professor of Animal Husbandry, University of Bristol School of Veterinary Science and founder of the internationally recognised Bristol Centre for Animal Behaviour and Welfare Science. His previous books include Animal Welfare: A Cool Eye towards Eden, Limping towards Eden and Animal Husbandry Regained.

      Preface

      This is the third Animal Welfare book that I have written in a series published by the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW). Each book has been designed to reflect stages on a journey. The first in the series, ‘A Cool Eye towards Eden’ (1994) imagined an ideal world for all sentient animals defined by a perfect expression of the five freedoms, acknowledged that while this was unachievable, it was the right way to travel and outlined the path. It posed two questions: ‘How is it for them?’ and ‘What can we do for them?’ It addressed the physiological and psychological (body and mind) determinants of animal welfare and outlined an approach to promoting their wellbeing on the farm, in the laboratory and in the home. It closed with a restatement of the view of Eden in the words of Albert Schweitzer ‘Until he extends his circle of compassion to all living things, man himself will not find peace.’

      My second book, ‘Limping towards Eden’ (2005), was written at a time of intensive activity in animal welfare science and sought to incorporate this new knowledge into good practice in regard to our approach to, and treatment of, animals in our care. Its closing words were more downbeat. We are on an endless journey towards an impossible dream but ‘the path of duty lies in what is near. We may never expect to see our final destination but, for those who are prepared to open their eyes, the immediate horizon is full of promise.’

      Acknowledgements

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