Proving animal sentience … Part II: Terror & Despair (09/06/14)
There are those who would debate me on this front — those who claim quite vehemently that animals are “too stupid” or “too primitive” or “too clueless” to experience any real suffering while confined or abused or slaughtered. And to those folks I would simply say that whether or not animals are “intelligent” or “conscious” […]
Proving animal sentience … Part I: Joy (09/06/14)
Tangible proof of animal sentience — Part I: JOY … In July of 2012, a prominent group of scientists from all around the world (including cognitive neuroscientists, neuropharmacologists, neurophysiologists, neuroanatomists and computational neuroscientists) signed at the University of Cambridge a scientific paper entitled “The Declaration on Consciousness”, which stated – among other things — that […]
It’s not up for debate — Sentience IS … (09/04/14)
Sentience … (noun) self-awareness; the ability to sense a differentiation between self and the other members of one’s environment; … the ability to make emotional connections, fear pain or imminent suffering — or to empathize with others experiencing in similar discomfort, … &/or the ability to revel in the peace of companionship with others. Basically, […]
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