Review of the Evidence of Sentience in Cephalopod Molluscs and Decapod Crustaceans

Birch, J., Burn, C., Schnell, A., Browning, H. & Crump, A. LSE Consulting (commissioned by the UK government), 2021

The 300-study review that led the UK to legally recognize octopuses, crabs, and lobsters as sentient. A model of how sentience evidence is weighed.

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"Plants feel pain too." "Lions do it." "It's natural." The common arguments, named and examined one at a time.

Wild fishing is measured in tonnes, not lives. The numbers, the sentience evidence, and what aquaculture changes.