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Animal welfare: emerging trends in legislation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2023

C Brown
C Brown*
Affiliation:
World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA), 222 Grays Inn Road, London WCIX 8HB, UK
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The number of laws and standards regulating and protecting the welfare of animals is expanding around the world. The growing demand from policy-makers for expertise and advice on animal welfare in order to create these new regulations has been inspired by developments in both science and ethics, which are increasing our understanding of animals’ abilities and capacities.

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animal welfareethicslegislationpolicystandardstrends
Type
Research Article
Information
Animal Welfare , Volume 22 , Issue 1: Including selected abstracts from the WSPA/Defra Whale Welfare and Ethics Workshop, March 2011 , February 2013 , pp. 137 - 139
Copyright
© 2013 Universities Federation for Animal Welfare

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