Why it hurts: with freedom comes the biological need for pain DOI
Keith D. Farnsworth, Robert W. Elwood

Animal Cognition, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 26(4), P. 1259 - 1275

Published: April 8, 2023

Language: Английский

Animal sentience and the Capabilities Approach to justice DOI Creative Commons

E. Kingsley Read,

Jonathan Birch

Biology & Philosophy, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 38(4)

Published: July 23, 2023

Abstract Martha Nussbaum’s Justice for Animals calls upon humanity to secure all sentient beings the central capabilities they need flourish. This essay review critically examines ethical and scientific foundations of position. On side, we explore tension between a robust defence animal rights political liberalism, which requires tolerance range reasonable views. reflect on how our uncertainty regarding distribution sentience in natural world leaves us uncertain about many claimants justice there are relative strength their claims. We bring out some further problems with views killing pest control. also welfare science might be done differently if guided by framework.

Language: Английский

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28

Multiple mechanisms of action for an extremely painful venom DOI Creative Commons
Lydia J. Borjon,

Luana C. de Assis Ferreira,

Jonathan C. Trinidad

et al.

Current Biology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Evaluating animal consciousness DOI Open Access

Kristin Andrews,

Jonathan C. P. Birch,

Jeff Sebo

et al.

Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 387(6736), P. 822 - 824

Published: Feb. 20, 2025

An emerging field shows how animal feelings can be studied scientifically.

Language: Английский

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1

Reasons to Be Skeptical about Sentience and Pain in Fishes and Aquatic Invertebrates DOI Creative Commons

Benjamin K. Diggles,

Robert Arlinghaus, Howard I. Browman

et al.

Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 32(1), P. 127 - 150

Published: Oct. 4, 2023

The welfare of fishes and aquatic invertebrates is important, several jurisdictions have included these taxa under regulation in recent years. Regulation requires use scientifically validated criteria. This why applying Mertonian skepticism toward claims for sentience pain sound prudent, particularly when those are used to justify legislation regulating the taxa. Enacting without strong scientific evidence a societal political choice that risks creating interpretational problems as well major policy challenges, including potential generate significant unintended consequences. In contrast, more rigorous science-based approach organisms based on verified, measurable endpoints likely result "win-win" scenarios minimize risk negative impacts all stakeholders, fish invertebrates. authors identify supporters animal welfare, emphasize this issue not about choosing between no invertebrates, but rather ensure important decisions their robust evidence. These ten reasons delivered spirit organized orient legislators, decision makers community, alert them need maintain high evidential bar any operational indicators animals, mandated by legislation. Moving forward, maintaining highest standards vitally order protect only also global food security humans.

Language: Английский

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18

Novel foods/feeds and novel frauds: The case of edible insects DOI
Andrea Fuso, Giulia Leni, Barbara Prandi

et al.

Trends in Food Science & Technology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 147, P. 104457 - 104457

Published: March 24, 2024

Language: Английский

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Animal sentience research: Synthesis and proposals DOI Creative Commons
Andrew Crump, Heather Browning,

Alex Schnell

et al.

Animal Sentience, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 7(32)

Published: Jan. 1, 2022

Most commentaries on our target article broadly support approach to evaluating evidence of animal sentience. In this Response, we clarify the framework's purpose and address criticisms criteria. A recurring theme is that a framework synthesise current sentience not same as an agenda for future directions in research. Although are valuable, aims evaluate existing inform welfare legislation.

Language: Английский

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Is it time for insect researchers to consider their subjects’ welfare? DOI Creative Commons
Andrew Crump, Matilda Gibbons, Meghan Barrett

et al.

PLoS Biology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 21(6), P. e3002138 - e3002138

Published: June 1, 2023

Recent evidence suggests that at least some insect species might plausibly feel pain. This Perspective argues researchers need to rethink the welfare implications of these findings for experiments use insects.

Language: Английский

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Capturing wild animal welfare: a physiological perspective DOI Creative Commons
Michaël Beaulieu

Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 99(1), P. 1 - 22

Published: Aug. 27, 2023

ABSTRACT Affective states, such as emotions, are presumably widespread across the animal kingdom because of adaptive advantages they supposed to confer. However, study affective states animals has thus far been largely restricted enhancing welfare managed by humans in non‐natural contexts. Given diversity wild and variable conditions can experience, extending studies on natural that most experience will allow us broaden deepen our general understanding welfare. Yet, this same makes examining highly challenging. There is therefore a need for unifying theoretical frameworks methodological approaches guide researchers keen engage promising research area. The aim article help advance important area highlighting central relationship between physiology rectify its apparent oversight, revealed current scientific literature animals. Moreover, emphasises including physiological markers assess (e.g. objectivity, comparability, condition range, temporality), well their concomitant limitations only access peripheral with complex relationships states). Best‐practice recommendations replication multifactorial approaches) also provided be used effectively appropriately when assessing habitat. This review seeks provide foundation new distinct vast applied potential: physiology.

Language: Английский

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Informing policy and practice on insect pollinator declines: Tensions between conservation and animal welfare DOI Creative Commons
Meghan Barrett, Bob Fischer, Stephen L. Buchmann

et al.

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 10

Published: Jan. 6, 2023

Climate change, agricultural intensification, and other anthropogenic ecosystem challenges have caused declines in the diversity abundance of insect pollinators. In response to these declines, entomologists called for greater attention pollinator conservation. Conservation primarily aims protect groups non-human animals—populations or species—with only secondary concern welfare individual animals. While conservation animal goals are sometimes aligned, they often not. And because comes second, it tends be sacrificed when tension with conversation priorities. Consider, example, lethal sampling monitor many populations. Growing evidence suggests that pollinators may morally significant, particularly Hymenoptera Diptera. Considering practices policies presents as, face rapid, impossible avoid harming animals while promoting diverse We suggest some practical, implementable strategies can allow more robust integration into By following strategies, able find promote health ecosystems within them.

Language: Английский

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Animal welfare science: an integral piece of sustainable insect agriculture DOI Creative Commons
Meghan Barrett,

S.J.J. Adcock

Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 10(4), P. 517 - 531

Published: Oct. 12, 2023

Abstract The insects as food and feed (IAFF) industry represents one of the largest undertakings industrial livestock rearing in human history, with at least a trillion animals reared each year massive growth potential. As other industries have grown, animal welfare science has become an essential field for maintaining socially responsible, ethical, sustainable practice. Like traditional industries, IAFF could also benefit – ethically, socially, economically from science. Here, we present three economic reasons considering intensive production systems: (1) improving outcomes, (2) social license to operate, (3) differentiating products. In case, provide examples established that highlight how can producers. Further, would support dedicated We end by calling attention key partnerships between entomologists, scientists, producers advance common goals these stakeholder groups, well insect agriculture.

Language: Английский

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