Animals in international development: ethics, dilemmas and possibilities Kelly, Max 2016, Animals in international development: ethics, dilemmas and possibilities. In Gaisbauer, Helmut P., Schweiger, Gottfried and Sedmak, Clemens (ed), Ethical issues in poverty alleviation, Springer, Berlin, Germany, pp.113-132, doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-41430-0. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Animals in international development: ethics, dilemmas and possibilities Author(s) Kelly, Max orcid.org/0000-0002-0036-5259 Title of book Ethical issues in poverty alleviation Editor(s) Gaisbauer, Helmut P. Schweiger, Gottfried Sedmak, Clemens Publication date 2016 Series Studies in global justice Chapter number 7 Total chapters 12 Start page 113 End page 132 Total pages 20 Publisher Springer Place of Publication Berlin, Germany Keyword(s) international development development ethics animal welfare livestock food production Summary This paper explores the role and perceptions of animals in international development efforts and the possible contradictions between differing priorities of agencies involved in international charitable efforts. Although there is a wide range of purposes for a charitable organization, as shown in the (England and Wales) Charities Act 2011 (c.25) and having one purpose does not preclude a second, organizations concerned with animal welfare are quite distinct from those working for poverty alleviation in the developing world (and indeed the developed world). A fun and novel gift of a donkey may equally be perceived as a cruel, environmentally unsustainable and misguided development effort, a valuable asset, or a burden to a household struggling to feed existing mouths. Exacerbating this situation is the fact that much of the debate around animals in a developing context is heavily polarized between livestock welfare, and animal rights, with a very limited middle ground. This chapter analyzes the underlying tensions between human development, animal welfare, and poverty alleviation, exploring cultural tensions, philosophical tensions and where areas of common ground may be found, with specific reference to development programming. The chapter is framed by contemporary debate on ethics and international development. International development interventions are driven by human welfare concerns, within the broader context of an increasingly globalized world economy. There is a danger in not engaging with ethical considerations with regard to animals and development , as there are potentially complex, interrelated and unintended outcomes. Such outcomes include rising inequality for those who depend on livestock for livelihoods in a business-as-usual scenario of increasing production and intensification; a focus on animal welfare in isolation, with potential accusations of forcing limitations on animal production on low income communities and countries;, and, finally, a moral debate surrounding the issue of whether it is reasonable to require animal welfare standards of people who live in poverty, as a pathway out of poverty. Discourse and practice needs to engage with how to link debate on international development with ethics of livestock production, beyond animal welfare, with global sustainability as core. ISBN 9783319414300 9783319414287 ISSN 1871-0409 Language eng DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-41430-0 Field of Research 160602 Citizenship Socio Economic Objective 940302 International Aid and Development HERDC Research category B1 Book chapter ERA Research output type B Book chapter Copyright notice ©2016, Springer International Publishing Switzerland Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30084710 Document type: Book Chapter Collections: School of Humanities and Social Sciences ERA Postprints 2018 ERA Submission Related Links Link Description   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 05 Jul 2016, 16:41:11 EST Wed, 06 Jul 2016, 05:03:56 EST Sat, 24 Sep 2016, 06:09:49 EST Thu, 20 Oct 2016, 08:09:39 EST Thu, 20 Oct 2016, 08:18:50 EST Thu, 20 Oct 2016, 08:20:16 EST Fri, 21 Oct 2016, 13:34:49 EST Fri, 13 Jan 2017, 12:56:50 EST Thu, 15 Mar 2018, 12:28:12 EST Thu, 15 Mar 2018, 12:28:49 EST Wed, 21 Mar 2018, 12:20:38 EST Wed, 21 Mar 2018, 12:21:27 EST Sat, 15 Dec 2018, 01:30:12 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 230 Abstract Views, 13 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 05 Jul 2016, 16:41:11 EST

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