Animal Welfare. John Webster
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Table of Contents
1 Cover
7 Preface
8 Acknowledgements and Apologies
9 Part 1: The Sentient Mind 1 Setting the Scene Human Attitudes to Animals Animal Behaviour Science Rules of Engagement 2 Sentience and the Sentient Mind Sentience, Consciousness and the Mind The Five Skandhas of Sentience Understanding the Sentient Mind Pain and Suffering Fear and Dread Coping with Challenge: Stress and Boredom Social Life Comfort and Joy Hope and Despair Sex and Love Summary 3 Special Senses and Their Interpretation Vision Hearing Smell and Taste Cutaneous Sensation, Touch Magnetoreception Interpreting the Special Senses Theory of Mind, or Metarepresentation Summary 4 Survival Strategies Foraging Hunting Behaviour: The Predator and the Prey Spatial Awareness and Navigation Breeding Behaviour and Parental Care 5 Social Strategies Sentient Social Life Social Hierarchies: The Pecking Order Communication Cooperation and Empathy Social Learning, Education and Culture Territorial Behaviour and Tribalism
10 Part 2: Shaping Sentient Minds 6 Animals of the Waters Pain and Fear Survival Skills: Hunting, Hiding and Problem Solving Migration Communication and Social Behaviour 7 Animals of the Air Feeding Strategies Migration Sentience and Breeding Behaviour Social Behaviour, Culture and Education Bats 8 Animals of the Savannah and Plains Environmental Challenges Animals of the Open Plains Sheep Goats Cattle Wild Bovidae Feral Horses Elephants Predators 9 Animals of the Forest The Boreal Forest Cervidae Beavers Bears The Tropical Rain Forests Snakes Primates 10 Close Neighbours