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A "welfare-based defense" of a practice involving nonhuman animals presents the examined practice as promoting the animal’s own interests. Such justifications surface in relation to various interactions between human and nonhuman animals. Sometimes such arguments appear persuasive. Sometimes they form self-serving rationalizations. This paper attempts to clarify and specify the distinction between plausible and dubious applications of such arguments. It then examines (and rejects) a detailed welfare-based defense of zoos. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]Copyright of Society & Animals is the property of Brill Academic Publishers and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder’s express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

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Zamir, Tzachi 1; Email Address: tzachizamir@mscc.huji.ac.il; Affiliation: 1: Lecturer, Department of English, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 91905, Israel; Source Info: Jun2007, Vol. 15 Issue 2, p191; Subject Term: ANIMAL welfare; Subject Term: ZOOS; Subject Term: HUMAN-animal relationships; Subject Term: ANIMAL sanctuaries; Subject Term: ANIMALS; Subject Term: ANIMAL behavior; Author-Supplied Keyword: CHOICE; Author-Supplied Keyword: moderate animal liberationists; Author-Supplied Keyword: moral status; Author-Supplied Keyword: MORAL VEGANISM; Author-Supplied Keyword: MORALLY ACCEPTABLE; Author-Supplied Keyword: PATERNALISM; Author-Supplied Keyword: RESPECT; Author-Supplied Keyword: USE/EXPLOITATION; NAICS/Industry Codes: 712130 Zoos and Botanical Gardens; NAICS/Industry Codes: 812910 Pet Care (except Veterinary) Services; NAICS/Industry Codes: 712190 Nature Parks and Other Similar Institutions; Number of Pages: 11p; Document Type: Article