Updated and revised, this bestselling textbook provides a broad introduction to the welfare of animals large and small, farm and companion, wild and zoo. It retains the popular features of the previous editions, covering key issues such as ethics, animal pain and injury, health and disease, social conditions and welfare dilemmas and problems.

Contributions by: Michael C Appleby, Richard Bennett, Dominique Blache, Alain Boissy, Charlotte C. Burn, Andrew Butterworth, Michael Cockram, Grahame J Coleman, Richard B D’Eath, Ian J.H. Duncan, Cathy M Dwyer, Paul Flecknell, David Fraser, Francisco Galindo, Paul H Hemsworth, Stella Maris Huertas Canén, Barry O Hughes, Bryan Jones, Linda Keeling, Joergen B. Kjaer, Ute Knierim, Ilias Kyriazakis, Shane K. Maloney, Georgia Mason, Joy A Mench, Michael Mendl, Ruth C Newberry, Christine J Nicol, Birte L Nielsen, Anna S Olsson, Edmond A. Pajor, Clare Palmer, Jeffrey Rushen, Peter Sandøe, Sally L Sherwen, Marek Spinka, Claudia Terlouw, Paul Thompson, Bert Tolkamp, Ignacio Viñuela-Fernández, Natalie K. Waran, Daniel M Weary, Francoise Wemelsfelder, Nadja Wielebnowski, Hanno Würbel, Paul M. Hocking