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Stroking is an evidence based way of producing positive emotion in cattle - habituated cattle will chase after a person who stops stroking them! -Helen Lambert #animalwelfare #AWRN18AM #cattle
Perhaps mirror tests should include the dominant sensory ability of the animal as in this study by @DogUmwelt which suggests dogs recognise themselves in smell (an olfactory mirror) even if they don’t in visual mirrors #AWRN18AM
@Naomi_D_Harvey I managed to find one article that looks fascinating!
Horowitz, A. (2017). Smelling themselves: dogs investigate their own odours longer when modified in an “olfactory mirror” test. Behavioural processes, 143, 17-24.
Jumping spiders can look at a maze, move out of sight and then plan a direct path through it!!! 😱 sentient? Aware? #factfortheday #AWRN18AM #animalsentience
Grimace scales (such as the rabbit grimace scale https://t.co/41rfqbprco) have proven very useful in detecting current experience of pain in certain animals #AWRN18AM
Now hearing from Helen Lambert @AW_consultancy about what we can learn about sentience from animal faces #AWRN18AM
"Should we respect animals more if they're more aware? We assume yes, but complex brains may bring other issues. Pain may be worse for fish than for humans" Don Broom #AWRN18AM #animalsentience
Cognitive complexity can provide animals with coping mechanisms that less complex brains couldn’t cope with. Suggests for example that fish could suffer more from pain than pigs or humans for example, as cognitive flexibility allows adaptation. Interesting theory #AWRN18AM
"Sentience and awareness are separate. You're either sentient or you're not, but there are levels of awareness" - sentience discussion Don Broom #AWRN18AM #animalwelfare #animalsentience
Pigs can recognise themselves in mirrors; they have self-knowledge. However, despite many attempts, dogs haven’t been proven to be able to do this. Are pigs more aware than dogs? #AWRN18AM
Prof. Broom argues that an animal is either sentient or not (absolute binary) but that there are differing degrees in awareness: perceptual, cognitive, executive etc. Self-awareness [this is my leg] & self-knowledge are different concepts #AWRN18AM
![Naomi_D_Harvey's tweet photo. Prof. Broom argues that an animal is either sentient or not (absolute binary) but that there are differing degrees in awareness: perceptual, cognitive, executive etc. Self-awareness [this is my leg] & self-knowledge are different concepts #AWRN18AM https://t.co/JUyRg16U6m](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DmPn2dUXoAEBPtq.jpg)
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"Animals are either sentient or not" Prof Broom. Couldn't agree more.
Early sentience definitions meant just to sense and perceive. Modern sentient definitions include the capacity to have feelings which are vital for remembering actions & consequences, assessing risk & benefit, considering actions & consequences of others #AWRN18AM
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What is animal sentience... Well it's complicated! Listening to Prof Broom on the biology of sentience. My talk on measuring sentience is up next...
Back after coffee with Prof Donald Broom discussion how we can identify which humans and other animals are sentient #AWRN18AM
Animal welfare scientists have a duty not just to understand animal preferences but to translate that knowledge on the animals behalf into the markets & policy. Do we [society] pay full regard to the welfare requirements of animals as sentient beings? Huge implications #AWRN18AM
Singer states “If a being suffers there can be no justification for refusing to take that suffering into consideration. No matter what the nature of the being” #AWRN18AM
Ability to express preference key to happiness and utilitarianism. However animals can’t express their preferences in economic markets; humans have to exert pressure by indicating their preferences in markets and media #AWRN18AM
Richard Bennet now ‘An economists view of sentience’. Animal welfare matters when it matter to humans. Is there a spectrum of sentience? Does the ability to suffer increase as sentience increases? Interesting ideas #AWRN18AM
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