This concise, practical guide provides an up-to-date, comprehensive, yet succinct overview of animal welfare, including ethics, legislation and advocacy, in a pocket-sized format for the busy practicing veterinary professional. Written by veterinary practitioners for veterinary practitioners, it provides an easily accessible, plain English guide to animal welfare, ethics and the law. Find key facts at a glance through summaries, tables and boxes, and case studies. For veterinary practitioners and all those needing an interesting, concise yet comprehensive practical handbook which helps guide the veterinarian through difficult ethical dilemmas and explains how they can make a difference to the welfare of animals worldwide, it emphasizes the role of the veterinary profession as a global advocate for animals.