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The Asian Elephant: Training and Control (Part 2)
No full textThe authors describe the challenges in ensuring that elephants are trained so that human caretakers can safely work with them
The Rat Trap by Pandora Pound
No full textThe book critically analyzes animal research and argues for greater emphasis on human cell technologies and clinical research
International Companion Animal Welfare Conference (ICAWC) 2023
No full textThe ICAWC has evolved into a global forum featuring and sharing ideas and best practices on animal care and rescue
Monkey Business
Get PDFLaboratory primate supply is a continuing challenge for the biomedical research establishment
Where is the Evidence that Laboratory Animal Use is Falling?
Get PDFAdvocates tend to believe that laboratory animal use is increasing, but reports from several countries indicate that such a belief is off-target
COP28: Running out of Time
Get PDF2023 is the warmest year on record as countries gather in Dubai to discuss what to do
What if plants compute?
Get PDFThe unexpended cognitive capacities of plants suggest the possibility of combining them with advances in computation. It is important to explore such a new field of research despite the incompleteness of the empirical support for it
Plant sentience revisited: Sifting through the thicket of perspectives
Get PDFIn our target article (Segundo-Ortin & Calvo 2023), we proposed the intriguing possibility of plant sentience, drawing parallels with non-human animal studies. This response aims to sift through the rich thicket of perspectives offered by our commentators. To do so, we assess the risks of employing double standards, as well as the tendencies of anthropomorphizing and zoomorphizing in plant studies. We also emphasize the need for clarity in linguistic and conceptual terms, examine the neurophysiological evidence for plant sentience, and discuss the ethical implications of such recognition
Exploring and Debating Sentience – of Fish and Plants
Get PDFAre fish and plants sentient? This articles explains where to explore the issues and arguments
World Happiness Report 2023
Get PDFIn the 2023 WHR, the life satisfaction values for 2021, 2022, and 2023 were averaged. Scandinavian countries occupied five of the top seven positions, with Israel (number 4) and the Netherlands (number 5) taking the other two positions. In general, national well-being has been remarkably resilient despite the increase in global morbidity and mortality caused by the pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Helping and altruistic behaviors increased during the pandemic and may have acted to counter the adverse effects of the pandemic and associated lockdowns