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MikhalevichIrina
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PowellRussell
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FigueroaDaniela
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Tierney Thys
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UrbanikJulie
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WorthyDarrel
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BroomDonald
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Defining Animal Welfare
Animal welfare is framed as an animal’s ability to cope with its environment, based on Broom’s 1986 definition. The article critiques productivity-based measures and highlights the Welfare Footprint as a metric for quantifying animals’ lived experiences
Flow: A Stunning and Emotional Journey Through a Cat\u27s Eyes
Flow (2025), the Oscar-winning animated film by Gints Zilbalodis, takes viewers on a breathtaking journey through the eyes of a cat. With stunning visuals and a powerful environmental message, this dialogue-free masterpiece is a must-watch
Cephalopod consciousness: Asking the right questions
Jennifer Mather has provided a comprehensive and fascinating overview of the various cognitive accomplishments of cephalopods and their sensory, behavioral, and neurophysiological attributes. The advances in our understanding of a clade that has been separated from vertebrate evolution by well over half a billion years is a testament to advances in both methodology and the questions we now feel free to address. Mather embeds her review in the issue of consciousness, which is certainly a perennial issue in mental evolution, going back to Romanes and earlier. I argue that the term “consciousness” has such a checkered history and is used in such diverse ways even today that, despite current popular enthusiasm, it is scientifically misleading