What Difference Does it Make if Gove Recognises Animals as Sentient? by Elliott Woodhouse
The following is a guest post by Elliott Woodhouse, who is an independent researcher, and a member of ShARC. *** Michael Gove’s recent statement confirms that the British Government will continue to legally recognise the sentience (which Gove defines as the ability to feel pain and emotion) of nonhuman animals after withdrawing from the EU.[1] This comes after MPs voted down Green Party MP Caroline Lucas’s proposed amendment to recognise nonhuman animal sentience in the EU Withdrawal Bill. Michael Gove’s decision to keep the UK’s legal attitude towards nonhuman animals in line with…continue reading →