The first International Conference on Veterinary and Animal Ethics (ICVAE) held in September 2011 saw leading experts from across the world come together to discuss the most important issues of animal welfare in contemporary veterinary practice and research. This is the extended proceedings of that conference, enabling all those interested in this increasingly significant subject to benefit from the insights of those discussions.

The conference was divided into four sessions: Principles of veterinary and animal ethics; Justifying ends - the morality of animal use; Ethical analyses of animal use; and Cultural, political, legal and economic considerations. Each session contained four or five papers, and these are presented here in full, as well as the transcribed question and answer sessions at the end of each paper, and a short post-presentation reflection from each author. Also included is the debate on the motion Is it better to have lived and lost than never to have lived at all? which records three prepared responses to the question as well as registrants comments from the floor.

KEY FEATURES

Contributions from the leading thinkers in veterinary and animal ethics today Includes stimulating, challenging, thought-provoking and sometimes controversial discussions Addresses key questions on the role of the veterinarian and the morality of animal use, as well as our impact on wildlife Provides guidance on the practical application of ethical principles and the problems encountered

Published as part of the UFAW Animal Welfare book series.  Seewww.wiley.com/go/ufaw for more details.

Christopher Wathes, Professor of Animal Welfare at the Royal Veterinary College.

Sandra Corr, Clinical Reader in Small Animal Surgery at the University of Nottingham.

Stephen May, Deputy Principal and Vice Principal for Teaching at the Royal Veterinary College.

Steven McCulloch, veterinary surgeon and PhD student at the Royal Veterinary College.

Martin Whiting, veterinary surgeon and PhD student at the Royal Veterinary College.

Contributors vii

Foreword by John Webster x

Preface xiii

Session I Principles of Veterinary and Animal Ethics 1Patrick Bateson

1 The History of Veterinary Ethics in Britain, ca. 18702000 3Abigail Woods

2 The Idea of Animal Welfare Developments and Tensions 19Peter Sandøe and Karsten Klint Jensen

3 Lessons from Medical Ethics 32Carolyn Johnston

4 Veterinary Ethics, Professionalism and Society 44Stephen A. May

Session II Justifying Ends The Morality of Animal Use 59Judy MacArthur Clark

5 Justice of Animal Use in the Veterinary Profession 63Martin C. Whiting

6 Telos 75Bernard E. Rollin

7 Agriculture, Animal Welfare and Climate Change 84Steven P. McCulloch

8 Ethics and Ethical Analysis in Veterinary Science: The Development and Application of the Ethical Matrix Method 100Kate Millar

9 The Ethics of Animal Enhancement 113James Yeates

Session III Ethical Analyses of Animal Use 133Peter Jinman

10 Wildlife Medicine, Conservation and Welfare 135James K. Kirkwood

11 Veterinary Ethics and the Use of Animals in Research: Are They Compatible? 155Colin Gilbert and Sarah Wolfensohn

12 Production Animals: Ethical and Welfare Issues Raised by Production-focused Management of Newborn Livestock 174David J. Mellor

13 Companion Animals 188Sandra A. Corr

14 Ethical Analysis of the Use of Animals for Sport 201Madeleine Campbell

Session IV Cultural, Political, Legal and Economic Considerations 217John Webster

15 Global Cultural Considerations of Animal Ethics 219Michael C. Appleby

16 Animal Ethics and the Governments Policy: To Guard and Protect 229Sophia Hepple and Nigel Gibbens

17 Veterinary Ethics and Law 245Marie Fox

18 Ethical Citizenship 261Björn Forkman

19 Principles, Preference and Profit: Animal Ethics in a Market Economy 271John McInerney

Debate: Is It Better to Have Lived and Lost than Never to Have Lived at All? 286Patrick Bateson

Index 300