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> This report is commissioned via LSE Consulting which was set up by The London School of Economics and Political Science to enable and facilitate the applic

> This report is commissioned via LSE Consulting which was set up by The London School of Economics and Political Science to enable and facilitate the application of its academic expertise and intellectual resources. The foreword is "By Professor Nicola S. Clayton FRS FSB FSPS CPsychol FBPsS Professor of Comparative Cognition, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge" and the focus seems to be on "welfare". Makes sense? > In reviewing the relevant evidence, there are inevitably challenges, especially juxtaposing evidence from the field of comparative cognition, where the emphasis lies in ruling out simpler explanations for a given behaviour, response or performance on various problem-solving tasks with evidence from animal welfare, where the question revolves around potential capacities (such as the potential to experience pain).

wolverine876 5y ago
I was going to post that first part, so thank you. Clayton is not listed as one of the authors of the report; they are (p.85): Dr Jonathan Birch is an Associate Professor at the LSE’s Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science and the Principal Investigator on the Foundations of Animal Sentience project, a five-year Horizon 2020 project investigating animal sentience. Dr Charlotte Burn is an Associate Professor of Animal Welfare and Behaviour Science at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) and Deputy Head of the RVC’s Animal Welfare Science and Ethics Group. Burn’s research interests include the mechanisms and motivations behind animal behaviour, animal perceptual abilities, and how to make concrete improvements to animal welfare. Dr Alexandra Schnell is a Royal Society Newton International Fellow in the Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, and a Research Fellow at Darwin College, Cambridge. As a member of the Comparative Cognition Lab, Schnell specializes in investigating the cognitive abilities of cephalopods and corvids. Dr Heather Browning is a Research Officer on the Foundations of Animal Sentience project. Before joining the project, Heather completed a PhD on the measurement of animal welfare at the Australian National University. Alongside her academic work, Browning has also worked as a zookeeper and animal welfare officer. Dr Andrew Crump is a Research Officer on the Foundations of Animal Sentience project. Before joining the project, Crump completed a PhD in Animal Behaviour and Welfare at Queen’s University Belfast, exploring how human activity impacts animal cognition and emotion.

wolverine876 5y ago

I was going to post that first part, so thank you. Clayton is not listed as one of the authors of the report; they are (p.85): Dr Jonathan Birch is an Associate Professor at the LSE’s Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science and the Principal Investigator on the Foundations of Animal Sentience project, a five-year Horizon 2020 project investigating animal sentience. Dr Charlotte Burn is an Associate Professor of Animal Welfare and Behaviour Science at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) and Deputy Head of the RVC’s Animal Welfare Science and Ethics Group. Burn’s research interests include the mechanisms and motivations behind animal behaviour, animal perceptual abilities, and how to make concrete improvements to animal welfare. Dr Alexandra Schnell is a Royal Society Newton International Fellow in the Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, and a Research Fellow at Darwin College, Cambridge. As a member of the Comparative Cognition Lab, Schnell specializes in investigating the cognitive abilities of cephalopods and corvids. Dr Heather Browning is a Research Officer on the Foundations of Animal Sentience project. Before joining the project, Heather completed a PhD on the measurement of animal welfare at the Australian National University. Alongside her academic work, Browning has also worked as a zookeeper and animal welfare officer. Dr Andrew Crump is a Research Officer on the Foundations of Animal Sentience project. Before joining the project, Crump completed a PhD in Animal Behaviour and Welfare at Queen’s University Belfast, exploring how human activity impacts animal cognition and emotion.