Animal Machines
The cover of the original 1964 edition | |
| Author | Ruth Harrison |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Factory farming, animal welfare |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Vincent Stuart Ltd. |
Publication date | 1 Dec 1964 |
| ISBN | 9780722400357 |
Animal Machines is a 1964 non-fiction book on factory farming written by Ruth Harrison, an English animal welfare activist and author. The book described the harsh conditions in intensive livestock farming and brought the suffering of intensively farmed animals into the public eye, leading to the UK Government to create a committee led by Francis Brambell to investigate farm animal welfare. The committee later published the Brambell Report, which in turn led to the development of the Five Freedoms model of animal welfare.