sentience
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Sentience is a word that has barely crept into our understanding of animal behavior, but it is likely to play a major role in animal welfare research and practice in the future.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2023
"Sentience, we may say, makes sense for life, as an essential underpinning to the business of living," Calvo explained.
From Salon • Sep. 30, 2022
If passed, the bill would create an “Animal Sentience Committee” in charge of evaluating how well the government considers those feelings in its policies.
From The Verge • Jul. 8, 2021
Barbara King, a professor of anthropology at the College of William & Mary, announced in a Facebook post Wednesday that she had resigned from the editorial board of Animal Sentience, a Humane Society journal.
From Washington Post • Jan. 31, 2018
Sentience returned to him through mists of pain.
From The Heart of Thunder Mountain by Fischer, Anton Otto
Vocabulary lists containing sentience
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Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates wins the National Book Award
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