Changing Human Behaviour to Enhance Animal Welfare (eBook)

Rebecca Sommerville (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
208 Seiten
CABI (Verlag)
978-1-78924-725-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Bridging the gap between the science of animal welfare, the animals and their owners, this book gives essential advice to practitioners worldwide on how to improve the welfare of all animals.

Autor

Rebecca Sommerville is an animal behaviourist and welfare scientist that has worked for several leading international charities. She completed an MSc in Applied Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare at the University of Edinburgh and a BSc in Animal Behaviour at the University of Sheffield. Rebecca currently works in the Post Adoption Support team at Dogs Trust and previously worked as a Global animal welfare advisor for Brooke - Action for Working Horses and Donkeys, on working equids in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Before this she was a researcher in the Food Business team at Compassion in World Farming, helping large food companies raise the minimum standards of welfare for farm animals. Rebecca is currently also Development Officer for the International Society for Applied Ethology, aiming to promote applied animal behaviour and welfare science in developing countries. She also provides behaviour consultations and practical training to dog owners and veterinary practices through her business Behaviour by Becca. Rebecca is undertaking accreditation to become a Certified Clinical Animal Behaviourist and has published scientific papers on animal behaviour and applying animal welfare at NGOS, as well as presented at several international scientific conferences. She has contributed to a book for farmers on pig welfare, a UK-wide research study into the welfare issues of companion animals and was recently featured on the BBC News 100 Days show to discuss the evolution of dogs' faces from wolves.

Rezensionen

This book will be an enjoyable and informative addition to the bookshelf of any student or practitioner who works in the field of animal welfare, whether research- or intervention-based. Readers will certainly find themselves equipped with an interesting range of ideas and tools with which to carry out their future work.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.9.2021
• Reihe/Serie: CABI Concise
• Co-Autor: Mabel Aworh-Ajumobi, Priya Motupalli, Suzanne Rogers, Sara Shields, Vijay Pal Singh, Laura Skippen, Beth Ventura, Jo White, Shereene Williams, Heather Bacon, Ashleigh Brown, Tamsin Coombs, Cathy M Dwyer, Erica Hogstad Fjaeran, Sujoy Khanna, Fritha Langford, Melissa Liszewski
• Verlagsort: Oxford
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Veterinärmedizin ► Kleintier
• Themenwelt: Veterinärmedizin ► Großtier
• Schlagworte: animal behaviour • Animal welfare • applied ethology • Case Studies • Charity • Clinical behaviour • Government • Human behaviour change • Industry • One Health • One welfare • practical advice • Practitioner • Social Science • welfare assessment
• ISBN-10: 1-78924-725-X / 178924725X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78924-725-1 / 9781789247251