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