| dc.description.abstract | Animal protection is a concept we use every day but most of us do not even know
its exact history. This summary covers the history and trends in animal protection from ancient times to the mid-20th century. Animal protection has become
a discipline in its own right in the 21st century, clearly an interdisciplinary field
with direct social, economic and public health implications, among others, and
we must not forget its ethical implications. The protection of animals has been
around since time immemorial, is and has been closely linked to the social, religious, political and cultural context of the time, and its perception depends to a
large extent on the emotional state of the observer. Therefore, in order to develop
a real professional background for animal protection as a discipline in its own
right, we should not only establish its veterinary, legal and ethical foundations,
but also know its past and its history of development, so as to avoid in the future
the pitfalls, errors and extremist manifestations that have been part of it many
times and for many periods in history. And also to understand (sometimes very)
different points of view from our own. | en_US |
