Animal Sentience: Where Are We and Where Are We Heading?

Proctor, H. Animals, 2012 DOI: 10.3390/ani2040628

A review of the scientific study of animal sentience: where the evidence stands for mammals, birds, and fish, and how the field has moved from whether animals feel to what they feel.

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