Environmental enrichment (EE) can improve the welfare of captive fish. Its objective is to
provide new sensorial and motor stimulation in order to help meet their behavioural …

Effective management of pain is critical to the improvement of animal welfare. For this to
happen, pain must be recognised and assessed in a variety of contexts. Pain is a complex …

We revisit the evidence attributing sentience-pain-suffering to aquatic animals. The objective
is to inform readers of the current state of affairs, to direct attention to where research is …

Recreational anglers have been key players in aquatic conservation, but this role is
increasingly obscured. Other environmental sectors are now more visible stakeholders …

This book attempts to advance Donald Griffin's vision of the" final, crowning chapter of the
Darwinian revolution" by developing a philosophy for the science of animal consciousness …

Can octopuses feel pain and pleasure? What about crabs, shrimps, insects, or spiders? How
do we tell whether a person unresponsive after severe brain injury might be suffering? When …

Animals have quick-acting nociceptive reflexes that protect them from tissue damage. Some
taxa have also evolved the capacity for pain. Pain appears to be linked to long-term changes …

Animal welfare science and ecology are both generally concerned with the lives of animals,
however they differ in their objectives and scope; the former studies the welfare of animals …

Thermal treatment has become the most used delousing method in salmonid aquaculture.
However, concerns have been raised about it being painful for the fish. We studied the …

This goal of this thesis in the philosophy of nature is to move us closer towards a true
biological science of consciousness in which the evolutionary origin, function, and …