By presenting models for understanding animals' moral status and rights, and examining their mental lives and welfare, the author explores the implications for

Do animals have moral rights? If so, what does this mean? What sorts of mental lives do animals have, and how should we understand welfare? By presenting models

By presenting models for understanding animals' moral status and rights, and examining their mental lives and welfare, the author explores the implications for

How animals behave is crucial to their survival and reproduction. The application of new molecular tools such as DNA fingerprinting and genomics is causing a re

Molecular biology has revolutionized our understanding of animals and their evolution. In this Very Short Introduction, Peter Holland provides an authoritative