The welfare of fishes and aquatic invertebrates is important, and several jurisdictions have
included these taxa under welfare regulation in recent years. Regulation of welfare requires …

The science of animal consciousness investigates (i) which animal species are conscious
(the distribution question) and (ii) how conscious experience differs in detail between …

Which animals have conscious experiences? Many different, diverse and unrelated
behaviors and cognitive capacities have been proposed as tests of the presence of …

The marker approach is taken as best practice for answering the distribution question: Which
animals are conscious? However, the methodology can be used to increase confidence in …

If a machine attains consciousness, how could we find out? In this paper, I make three
related claims regarding positive tests of machine consciousness. All three claims center on …

Environmental enrichment (EE) improves the growth rate and welfare of some cultured
fishes. However, most cultured fish species are raised in non-enriched housing conditions …

Abstract Segundo-Ortin & Calvo argue that plants have a surprisingly varied and complex
behavioral repertoire. Which of these behavioral capacities are credible indicators of …

Whether animals fare well or not is of ethical significance. For this reason, their capacity for
wellbeing, ie, how good or bad the lives of animals can go, is of ethical significance as well. I …

The number of animals bred, raised, and slaughtered each year is on the rise, resulting in
increasing impacts to welfare. Farmed animals are also becoming more diverse, ranging …

This Element concerns itself with a particular aspect of the problem posed to monotheistic
religious thought by suffering, namely the suffering of non-human creatures in nature. It …