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Letters on Animal Welfare from the Road to Eden
Combining and reflecting on the earlier works of John Webster, this book reinspects the extended journey of animal welfare science from Animal Machines through sentience, autonomy, the Five Freedoms, welfare quality assurance schemes and sustainability.
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The Rough, the Smooth and the Quirky
In a world grappling with complexity and contradiction, The Rough, the Smooth and the Quirky: Poems for a Complicated World by Oxford-based Anglo-Scottish poet John Webster offers a bold and lyrical response. This compelling collection ventures into contested terrain, guided by the belief that poetry can illuminate difficult truths and foster meaningful dialogue. From a pointed call for Keir Starmer to apologise to Rosie Duffield over the gender debate, to a Shakespearean rebuke of Osama Bin Laden, and a chilling reflection on grooming gang psychology drawn from a 1970s visit to Pakistan - Webster's verses confront uncomfortable realities with wit, insight, and moral clarity. The section Words on the Woke delivers sharp, satirical takes on contemporary identity politics, while No Such Thing as Infidel explores the historical and modern tensions between Islam and the West, suggesting paths toward mutual understanding. In Stanzas on Ukraine, Webster lends poetic solidarity to the Ukrainian struggle, culminating in Ukraine Dreamin', a poignant imagining of reconciliation through the eyes of a Russian dissenter. Yet the collection is not solely political. The opening suite, Ties of the Heart, delves into themes of mental health, mortality, and enduring friendship, with tributes to figures such as Benjamin Zephaniah, John Martyn, E.P. Thompson, Mary Shelley, and the poet's own father. Travel-inspired poems offer vivid glimpses into the world's rich diversity and human experience. Webster's imaginative reach extends to fables where Hitler is spooked by a preminition of The Beatles' Yellow Submarine, and Lord Byron shares reflections with Joe Biden on Afghanistan and the Greek War of Independence. The final section contemplates the personal impact of globalisation, closing with meditative verses that invite reflection and renewal. Written in fluid, rhyming couplets, these poems "tell it like it is" - candid yet compassionate, provocative yet hopeful. The Rough, the Smooth and the Quirky is a literary tonic for turbulent times, inviting readers to laugh, think, and feel their way through the chaos of the modern world. Author's website: www.johnmwebster.co.uk
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Letters on Animal Welfare from the Road to Eden
Combining and reflecting on the earlier works of John Webster, this book reinspects the extended journey of animal welfare science from Animal Machines through sentience, autonomy, the Five Freedoms, welfare quality assurance schemes and sustainability.
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Achieving Net Zero Dairy Farming
This book provides a detailed insight into the fundamental processes within the dairy cow and on dairy farms that contribute to and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as well as the strategies that can be implemented to reduce the sector’s carbon footprint.
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Appius and Virginia: a Tragedy
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An Integrated Geophysical and Geological Investigation of Aquifers in Glacial Drift Near Champaign-Urbana, Illinois; Report of Investigations No. 155
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Calf Husbandry, Health And Welfare
This book deals with the basic principles of husbandry, feeding, housing, health, behaviour, economics and welfare. It explains relevant aspects of calf function and evaluates conventional and novel husbandry systems in terms of their effects on animal performance, health and welfare.
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Calf Husbandry, Health And Welfare
Aimed at both students and stockmen, this book explains the scientific basis of calf-rearing in order to prevent too many calves dying young or failing to survive with the consequence enormous financial loss and suffering.
€ 214,95 -
Animal Welfare: Limping Towards Eden
A Practical Approach to Redressing the Problem of Our Dominion Over the AnimalsThere has been an explosion of active concern in matters of animal welfare. The science behind animal welfare has progressed significantly, various codes of practice and legislation have come into to being, and innovative methods to assess welfare schemes for food production have emerged.
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The Meat Crisis
Developing more Sustainable and Ethical Production and ConsumptionThe new edition of this powerful and challenging book explores these iglobal issues surrounding the production and consumption of meat and dairy animals and products, including cultural and health factors, and the implications of the likely intensification of farming for producers, consumers, animals, and the planet itself.
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The Meat Crisis
Developing more Sustainable and Ethical Production and ConsumptionThe new edition of this powerful and challenging book explores these iglobal issues surrounding the production and consumption of meat and dairy animals and products, including cultural and health factors, and the implications of the likely intensification of farming for producers, consumers, animals, and the planet itself.
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Achieving Sustainable Production of Milk Volume 3
Dairy Herd Management and WelfareAnimal health and welfare are of major importance in dairy farming. This collection looks at the key issues affecting dairy herd welfare as well as ways of optimising dairy cattle nutrition. It also reviews ways of detecting, preventing and managing diseases affecting dairy cattle.
€ 263,50