As will become apparent from the following discussion, the debate over animal sentience has, like a growing number of present-day issues, become rather polarized. A case in point was the recent Annual ...

What, when, and how do nonhuman animals feel? Source: Gundula Vogel/Pixabay. In late 2015, a new journal was founded that dedicated itself to the investigation of animal sentience: that is, the ...

Nearly 40 researchers signed “The New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness,” which was first presented at a conference at New York University on Friday morning. It marks a pivotal moment, as a ...

Caged hens will be a thing of the past. Puppy farming will be stopped. New laws will enforce humane slaughter standards. All this is part of a new animal welfare strategy for England announced by the ...

In a groundbreaking move for animal welfare and environmental ethics, the London School of Economics (LSE) has announced the launch of the world’s first Centre for Animal Sentience, set to open in ...

Artificial intelligence has progressed so rapidly that even some of the scientists responsible for many key developments are troubled by the pace of change. Earlier this year, more than 300 ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The darker corners of YouTube document state-sanctioned conservation efforts with video compilations of feral pig hunting. Legal, lethal control of ...

The broad consensus is that many species are sentient. Humans have had relationships with their pets for thousands of years, talking to them, coddling them, and imbuing them with human attributes. But ...

Scientists are learning more than ever about animals’ inner lives, challenging long-held assumptions about what they think and feel ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. All three of these discoveries came in the last five years — indications that the more scientists test animals, the more they find ...

In 2008 the NSPCA in South Africa brought a case in the Supreme Court of Appeal against a breeder named Peter Openshaw who was feeding blesbok to captive tigers. It failed, but became a landmark case ...

Humans have had relationships with their pets for thousands of years, talking to them, coddling them, and imbuing them with human attributes. But are these animals “thinking,” and do nonhuman animals ...