Suffering, Agency, and the Bayesian Mind
DANIEL M. WEARY University of British Columbia, Animal Welfare Program, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 12.1 Introduction Suffering is a central issue of animal welfare,…
What Is Distress? A Complex Answer to a Simple Question
FRANKLIN D. MCMILLAN Best Friends Animal Society, Kanab, Utah, USA Few concepts exhibit a wider disparity between their importance for well-being and their definitional clarity than distress. Despite its frequent…
Mental Health in Animals: A Veterinary Behaviorist’s View
DEBRA F. HORWITZ Veterinary Behavior Consultations, St. Louis, Missouri, USA 1.1 Introduction The concept of mental health in animals has not necessarily been an important variable in understanding the animals…
Quality of Life of Animals in Veterinary Medical Practice
JAMES W. YEATES Cats Protection, Haywards Heath, UK 7.1 Introduction Over the past two decades, the veterinary field has seen expanding awareness and discussions of animals’ quality of life (QOL)….
The Philosophical and Biological Evolution of Feelings in Well-being
IAN J.H. DUNCAN Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada 3.1 Introduction The foundations for feelings to be considered as the basis for animal well-being or welfare…
