Submitted on Monday 20th November 2017
Rejected on Thursday 23rd November 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Recognise animals as sentient beings in the EU Withdrawal Bill
Despite evidence that animals experience emotions and pain, acknowledged in The Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness (2012), the government has voted to exclude animals as sentient beings in the EU Withdrawal Bill. This decision highly comprises animal welfare and as such should be repealed.
The Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness
“The absence of a neocortex does not appear to preclude an organism from experiencing affective states. Convergent evidence indicates that non-human animals have the neuroanatomical, neurochemical, and neurophysiological substrates of conscious states along with the capacity to exhibit intentional behaviors. Consequently, the weight of evidence indicates that humans are not unique in possessing the neurological substrates that generate consciousness"
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