What is animal welfare? Why has it proved so difficult to find a definition that everyone can agree on? This concise and accessible guide is for anyone who is interested in animals and who has wondered how we can assess their welfare scientifically. It defines animal welfare as ''health and animals having what they want'', a definition that can be easily understood by scientists and non-scientists alike, expresses in simple words what underlies many existingdefinitions, and shows what evidence we need to collect to improve animal welfare in practice. Above all, it puts the animal''s own point of view at the heart of an assessment of its welfare. But, can we really understand what animals want? A consistent theme running through the book is that not only is it possible to establish what animals want, but that this information is vital in helping us to make sense of the long and often confusing list of welfare measures that are now in use such as ''stress'' and ''feel good hormones'', ex
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