Takes animal welfare into a wholly new and challenging dimension Provides essays across various taxa Illustrates how and why welfare should be achieved and formally anchored Shares cutting-edge findings, helping readers understand invertebrates in care

Autorentext

Claudio Carere, Department of Ecological and Biological Science, Ichthyogenic Experimental Marine Centre (CISMAR), University of Tuscia, Tarquinia (Viterbo), Italy

Jennifer A. Mather, Department of Psychology, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Canada

Zusammenfassung

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Introduction: Why a volume on invertebrate welfare?.- Chapter 2: Invertebrates and humans: attitudes, ethics and policy.- Chapter 3: Insects in captivity contexts create welfare dilemmas.- Chapter 4: Welfare of managed honey bees.- Chapter 5: Spider welfare.- Chapter 6: Coral and Cnidarian Welfare in a Changing Sea.- Chapter 7: Assessing the potential for pain in crustaceans and other invertebrates.- Chapter 8: Enrichment for captive cephalopods.- Chapter 9: Cephalopod welfare, biological and regulatory aspects: a EU experience.- Chapter 10: Consider the individual: personality and welfare in invertebrates.