Introduction to Animal Protection

Author: Lu Chengping
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Publish Date: 2004-02-01
Features: This book is a 21st-century curriculum textbook and part of the National "Tenth Five-Year Plan" teaching materials. Animal conservation, as an emerging discipline, is an interdisciplinary field integrating animal science, ecology, animal husbandry, ethology, veterinary medicine, and public health. It comprehensively explores conservation issues from the perspectives of domestic and wild animals. The first edition of this book won the First Prize of the 2002 National Excellent College Textbook Award. Based on this revision, the second edition highlights key points, adds new content, and includes numerous illustrations and inserts, enhancing readability, knowledge, and information. The book is divided into General Principles, Specific Topics, and Appendices. The General Principles section consists of 8 chapters, covering main topics such as the content and significance of animal conservation, animal suffering and welfare, animal health care, animal experimentation and conservation, human recreational activities and animal conservation, and animal protection legislation. The Specific Topics section includes 9 chapters, addressing the welfare of intensive-farmed and household animals, anti-doping issues in competitive horses, as well as various aspects of conservation for working dogs, laboratory animals, aquatic animals, economic animals, zoo animals, and wildlife. The Appendices contain China's current animal protection laws, the national list of key protected wild animals, the national list of "three-notable" protected animals, and an English-Chinese glossary and index of relevant terms. The book is rich in content, offers unique perspectives, and is highly inspirational, serving as an innovative textbook to fill a gap in the field. It can be used as a public elective textbook for majors in agriculture, forestry, medicine, and biology at universities, and is also a valuable read for social workers and animal enthusiasts.