PART 1: Animal welfare fundamentals 1. The moral status of animals: biological foundations John Webster 2. Animal welfare concepts Donald M Broom 3. Animal welfare assessment Harry J Blokhuis and Isabelle Veissier PART 2: Animal farming, transportation, and killing 4. Contemporary animal farming Carla Forte Maiolino Molento and Clive Julian Christie Phillips 5. Farming poultry Tina M Widowski and Ana K Rentsch 6. Farming pigs Sandra Edwards 7. Farming cattle Clive JC Phillips 8. Farming sheep and goats Cathy M Dwyer 9. Farming non-domesticated and semi-domesticated terrestrial species David Arney 10. Farming fish Joao L Saraiva, Pablo Arechavala-Lopez, and Lynne U Sneddon 11. Transportation Michael S Cockram 12. Slaughter, euthanasia, and depopulation Temple Grandin PART 3: Animal use for other purposes 13. Scientific and educational animal use Andrew Knight 14. Animals in entertainment David A Fennell and Sarah Coose 15. Zoos and Aquaria Terry L Maple and Bonnie M Perdue 16. Hunting, fishing, and whaling Laetitia Nunny and Mark P Simmonds 17. Commercial fisheries Moira Harris PART 4: Species-specific concerns 18. Canines and felines Heather Bacon 19. Equines Sophie Hill 20. Non-domesticated terrestrial species Miriam A Zemanova 21. Companion fish Sabrina Brando 22. Marine mammals Sabrina BrandoPART 5: Recent and emerging issues 23. Climate change, human–wildlife conflict, and biodiversity loss Bob Fischer 24. Animal welfare and human health Cynthia Schuck-Paim, Wladimir J Alonso, and Eric Slywitch 25. Animal disaster management Steve GlasseyPART 6: Animal ethics and law 26. Animal ethics Cheryl Abbate 27. Animal law – historical, contemporary, and international developments Ian Robertson and Paula Sparks 28. Key animal law in Australia Meg Good and Jed Goodfellow 29. Key animal law in China Deborah Cao 30. Key animal law across Europe Debbie Legge 31. Key animal law in India Sonia Shad and Yashprada Joglekar 32. Key animal law in South Africa David I Bilchitz and Amy P Wilson 33. Key animal law in the United States Matthew Liebman PART 7: Social change for animals 34. Stakeholder groups and perspectives Joy M Verrinder and Clive JC Phillips 35. Animal advocacy and human behavioural change Tamzin Furtado, Suzanne Rogers, and Jo White 36. Animal Welfare Education and Communication Ruth De Vere