Through a vet’s eyes

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A vet’s eye-opening polemic about our relationship with animals; how we treat them, what it feels like from their perspective, how we get it wrong and what we can do to fix it. Dr Sean Wensley is an award-winning vet who has contributed to animal welfare and conservation projects all over the world. His debut book is about how we can choose a better life for animals, from the chickens we eat to the pets we keep. As our societies become more urbanised, we are further removed from the reality of where and how our food is produced. Reported surveys have suggested that 1 in 4 UK adults don’t know that bacon comes from pigs. On the opposite end of the spectrum, the humanisation of our pets is a risk to their welfare; with 40% of UK pets being overweight or obese, we are effectively killing them with kindness. ‘Through A Vet’s Eyes’ seeks to redress this imbalance.

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SKU: 9781856754750 Category: Tags: , , , , Publisher/imprint : Gaia
Page count : 368
Published on 27th April, 2023

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One of the Financial Times’ Best Summer Books of 2022

‘A compelling account of the trials, tribulations and triumphs of life as a vet – and a lesson to us all on how we should treat the animals with which we share our lives.’ – Stephen Moss, naturalist and author of The Robin: A biography

‘If you love animals, read this book’ – Jay Griffiths, author of Wild: An elemental journey

Our lives are intrinsically linked to those of animals – whether that’s the animals we farm for food, those living in the wild, those we use for sport or the ones we choose to keep as pets. We all have a responsibility to consider our impact, and even small changes in our own lives could significantly improve the quality of theirs.

Dr Sean Wensley is an award-winning vet and lifelong naturalist, advocating animal wellbeing around the world. Fusing keen scientific insight with tender meditations on the natural world, Through a Vet’s Eyes reveals the injustices which animals experience every day and raises an important question: how can we choose a better life for animals?

Compelling and compassionate, Through a Vet’s Eyes helps us to see things from the animals’ perspectives, and illuminates the ways we can better care for our fellow creatures.

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Weight 0.315 kg
Dimensions 19.6 × 12.8 × 3.4 cm
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