Our perception of animal welfare as a nation of animal lovers is out of step with policy and law that still allows differential animal treatment.

In Baja California, animals now have the legal backing necessary to safeguard their well-being, thanks to the approval of a law reform proposed by Governor Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda, which seeks ...

Science and common sense show diverse animals are feeling beings who care about what happens to themselves and others, and skeptics need to stop ignoring well-established facts.

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 ...

Octopuses, crabs and lobsters are capable of experiencing pain or suffering, according to a review commissioned by the UK government, which has added the creatures to a list of sentient beings to be ...

I'm all about being humane in killing what we kill, especially life that is actually aware and thinking and not JUST reacting. But using sentience - the ability to "sense" pain - as a bar to not pass, ...

A recent study commissioned by the United Kingdom confirms what Swiss scientists determined in 2018: lobsters, crabs, and octopuses are sentient creatures. This means crustaceans and cephalopods can ...

Lots of justifications for meat eating here, including "it's a weed species" and "we've bred it for factory farming purposes". The comment about sapience rather than sentience is germane. The ...