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Blogs: Animal sentience

Pig behind a fence in Mexico - World Animal Protection - pig sentience
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Do pigs feel emotions?

Posted on 26/07/2023 by World Animal Protection

Often underestimated, pigs are incredible animals that possess a rich and complex range of feelings.

Subject:
Animals in food systems
Animal sentience
Pigs
Mother pigs in group housing

Pigs are emotionally complex animals with feelings, not just a food source

Posted on 27/04/2018 by Jacqueline Mills

Reading pig body language gives us an insight into their emotional lives, and reveals the depth of their suffering in factory farms

Subject:
Animals in food systems
Animal sentience
Barren environments and lack of stimulation produce boredom and generates abnormal behaviours.

Pigs outsmart people by staging nightly escapes

Posted on 11/04/2018 by former employee Jonty Whittleton

Some factory-farmed mother pigs are proving their high intelligence by breaking out of their cages each night.

Subject:
Animals in food systems
Animal sentience
Man holding his dog in Kenya

Dog Facts: Unique Bonds, emotional intelligence and the ‘love hormone’

Posted on 16/06/2016 by former employee Gemma Carder

To celebrate our Better lives for dogs campaign, our research manager, Gemma, has put together some of her favourite facts about dogs.

Subject:
Animals in communities
Animal sentience
Fish tank Cayman Turtle Farm

Sea life sentience: what do fish really feel?

Posted on 27/05/2016 by former employee Gemma Carder

There are millions of species of fish, some we eat, some we keep as pets, some we experiment on, and some are free from human intervention.

Subject:
Animal sentience
A young elephant in Mikumi National Park, Tanzania

Understanding elephant empathy and their emotions

Posted on 07/10/2015 by World Animal Protection

Observing elephants in the wild is the best way to fully experience these incredible animals.

Subject:
Animals in the wild
Animal sentience
Travel & tourism

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