Considering animals’ feelings: Précis of Sentience and animal welfare (Broom 2014)
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The concept of sentience concerns the capacity to have feelings. There is evidence for sophisticated cognitive concepts and for both positive and negative feelings in a wide range of nonhuman animals. All vertebrates, including fish, as well as some molluscs and decapod crustaceans have pain systems. Most people today consider that their moral obligations extend to many animal species. Moral decisions about abortion, euthanasia, and the various ways we protect animals should take into account the research findings about sentience. In addition, all animal life should be respected and studies of the welfare of even the simplest invertebrate animals should be taken into consideration when we interact with these animals.
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A social movement has led to increased public concern and interest in the welfare of animals in captivity.
“Although personal and community views vary worldwide, it is well recognized that there is a social movement emerging that has led to increased public concern and interest in the welfare of animals in captivity [1,2,3,4,5].”
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- Authors
- Broom, D. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Broom, Donald M.
- ORCID
- Broom, Donald M.
- Venue
- Animal Sentience
- Publisher
- WellBeing International Publications
- Published
- 2016-01-01
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 5
- ISSN
- 2377-7478 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2190422807
- Cited by
- 22
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2016: 3
- FWCI
- 18.06
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Locations
- Animal Sentience (publishedVersion)
- WBI Studies Repository (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Law › Animal Law and Welfare
- Health Sciences › Veterinary › Small Animals › Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Health Sciences › Veterinary › Small Animals › Animal testing and alternatives
- Keywords
- animal welfare, animal emotions, animal cognition, pain perception, vertebrates, fish, Mollusca, Decapoda, animal ethics, moral obligations to animals, abortion, euthanasia
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