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Sentience: What It Means and Why It’s Important
Human sentience is widely understood and accepted, while the sentience of other species, including farmed animals, is increasingly recognized.
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Jane Kotzmann
Dr. Jane Kotzmann’s research interests lie primarily in animal rights and more broadly animal law, in particular, the extension of international human rights to non-human animals.
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