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Great interview questions @lseconsulting.bsky.social!
Thanks to @lseconsulting.bsky.social for putting this together!
What motivated our director to study animal minds - and when you make evidence‑based recommendations, what shifts first: public understanding, industry standards, or policy?
New interview with Professor Jonathan Birch: www.lse.ac.uk/business/con...
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Thanks for sharing this. Transparency is vital for informed decision‑making. Research shows pigs are highly sentient and intelligent, and evidence‑based welfare standards should reflect the science
What can hedgehogs hear? 🦔
Researchers studied the ear anatomy of European hedgehogs using micro-CT scans, finding tiny middle ear bones and a cochlea perfectly shaped for detecting high-frequency sound.
Research led by @drhedgehog.bsky.social 👉 bit.ly/4lnT1iN
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Fascinating findings - really promising for hedgehogs
Adding a link to the open access study in Biology Letters, “Hearing and anatomy of the ear of the European hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus”
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Researchers have found hedgehogs hear far beyond the human range - opening up future possibilities like using targeted sound to help keep them away from roads.
Thanks for sharing the worldwide picture. We hear from lawyers that even as the science and policy on sentience move forward, enforcement in practice remains a real challenge
Wonderful story! Loved hearing how Bonnie found her way into work on the affective states of wild animals 👏
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Evidence of octopus sentience is landing in policy. Mexico has proposed a national ban on octopus farming, joining Chile and California in moving away from the practice.
Insect‑farming ventures are collapsing just as evidence of insect sentience accelerates - raising big questions for the future of food systems.
Colleagues in LSE Sociology are launching Carrie Friese’s "A Mouse in a Cage" book - join their free, open‑to‑all discussion on how lab‑animal sentience unsettles the moral frameworks of animal testing, and what this means for their status and rights
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Panel discussion “Different perspectives on how to influence UK policy for better outcomes for farm animals”.
Last week our researchers joined lawmakers, policymakers and animal advocates at the Coller Animal Law Forum (CALF), to discuss effective implementation of the Animal Welfare Strategy. Here’s a snapshot from the panel exploring how to secure better outcomes for farm animals.
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How is - and will- AI shape the lives of animals?
New video from Animal Ethics explains why we need to tackle this now - before “optimisation” for efficiency and profitability sidelines humans and animals.
Worth a watch: youtu.be/7pFge0CTXRo?...
Free and open to all - we’re looking forward to co-hosting a discussion of the themes in Nicolas Treich’s book, “Animal Economics”: www.nicolastreich.com/the-book-ani...
How do we incorporate the welfare of animals in our policy decisions?
Join the public lecture by Nicolas Treich this month!
🗓️ 24 March, 6.30pm
📍 LSE Campus & online
👉 Register now: www.lse.ac.uk/events/anima...
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A new documentary "Secrets of The Bees" will air on National Geographic on 31 March and land on Disney+ on 1 April and our bees are in it! See here for the trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mej2...
The latest on live boiling in the UK: despite growing evidence of sentience and policy shifts acknowledging it, the practice continues. Researchers, NGOs and legal experts are working together to close the gap between science, policy and practice.
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Great opportunity for anyone interested in a PhD at the intersection of philosophy, animal welfare, public policy, and sentience research 🐛
A wonderfully thoughtful reflection on how historical understandings of the ocean can inform our present - and help shape a better future - relationship with it (and its inhabitants)
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Hear directly from Dr Steven McCulloch at The 4th International Online Conference on Animals, speaking on "Captured or Independent? Veterinary Institutions, Animal Welfare Science, and the Politics of Farmed Animal Welfare and Meat Reduction".
Register for free: brnw.ch/21wZAc3
Expert bodies already call for major meat reductions due to risks to the climate, biodiversity, antimicrobial resistance and zoonotic disease - yet no vet association has set quantified targets. He argues this gap risks undermining the profession and raising doubts about its independence.
Check out the latest article by our Research Fellow in Veterinary Policy, Dr Steven McCulloch, making the case that vets must advocate for a 50% meat‑reduction target by 2050 to meet their professional duties: bvajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
One week left! We’re accepting Expressions of Interest for our funded MPhil/PhD in Philosophy at LSE, joining our interdisciplinary team advancing understanding of, and ways of caring for, nonhuman species. Deadline 23 Feb.
Details: www.lse.ac.uk/sentience/phd
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Excited to be joining Bluesky! 👋 We’re the Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience, an interdisciplinary research centre at LSE. Our work is guided by ethical moonshots - ambitious, long‑term goals aimed at restoring a harmonious relationship between humans and other species.
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