Humane Treatment of Farm Animals: Overview and Selected Issues Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Humane Treatment of Farm Animals: Overview and Selected Issues

Creator

  • Author: Becker, Geoffrey S.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division

Publisher

  • Name: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
    Place of Publication: Washington D.C.

Date

  • Creation: 1995-12-06

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Animal protection activists in the United States are seeking modifications (or even curtailment) of many practices long considered acceptable and necessary to animal agriculture. Examples include rearing large numbers of livestock and poultry in close confinement; performing surgery such as tail-docking or beak trimming; housing layer hens in cages; and isolating veal calves in crates.
  • Physical Description: 31 p.

Subject

  • Legislative Subject Terms: Department of Agriculture
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Protection of farm animals
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Animals

Coverage

  • Time Period: mod-tim
  • Coverage Date: 1940/1995

Collection

  • Name: Congressional Research Service Reports
    Code: CRSR

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • CRS Report Number: 95-1175 ENR
  • Accession or Local Control No: 95-1175 ENR 1995-12-06
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metacrs6964
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