Interspecies Comparisons of Welfare
Organizer: Foundations of Animal Sentience (ASENT) Venue: The London School of Economics and Political ScienceComparisons across species are not straightforward because there are significant differences between animals with respect to their cognitive, affective, and sensory capabilities. Such comparisons require input from many fields, including animal welfare science, evolutionary biology, comparative cognition, neuroethology, ecology, economics, philosophy, and others. This breadth of perspective is essential to understand the differences between species, […]