The 32 countries that have formally recognized non-human animal sentience include the European Union, Switzerland, Chile, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

  • setVeryLoud(true);@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    I’ve always understood sentience as the ability to sense oneself, i.e. a being’s capacity at introspection and awareness of one’s own existence as a separate experience from other beings.

    Many mammals and birds tick this box, some more than others.