Animals, Ethics And Trade: The Challenge Of Animal Sentience

EDITED BY JACKY TURNER AND JOYCE D’SILVA ANIMALS, ETHICS AND TRADE THE CHALLENGE OF ANIMAL SENTIENCE Animals, Ethics and Trade Animals, Ethics and Trade The Challenge of Animal Sentience Edited by Jacky Turner and Joyce D’Silva London • Sterling, VA First published by Earthscan in the UK and USA in 2006 Copyright © Compassion in World Farming Trust, 2006 with the exception of Chapters 6 and 7 Chapter 6 © Andrew Linzey, 2005 Chapter 7 © Tom Regan, 2005 All rights reserved ISBN-10: 1-84407-255-X 1-84407-254-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-84407-255-2 978-1-84407-254-5 paperback hardback paperback hardback Typesetting by Fish Books, Enfield, Middx. Printed and bound in the UK by MPG Books Limited, Bodmin Cover design by Nick Shah For a full list of publications please contact: Earthscan 8–12 Camden High Street London, NW1 0JH, UK Tel: +44 (0)20 7387 8558 Fax: +44 (0)20 7387 8998 Email: [email protected] Web: www.earthscan.co.uk 22883 Quicksilver Drive, Sterling, VA 20166-2012, USA Earthscan is an imprint of James and James (Science Publishers) Ltd and publishes in association with the International Institute for Environment and Development A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data has been applied for Printed on totally chlorine-free paper from sustainable and well-managed forests Contents List of Contributors About This Book List of Acronyms and Abbreviations ix xvii xix Introduction Joyce D’Silva xxi Part 1 Animal Sentience: Evidence and Interpretations 1 1 The Sentience of Chimpanzees and Other Animals Jane Goodall 3 2 The Distribution of the Capacity for Sentience in the Animal Kingdom James K. Kirkwood 3 4 Animal Emotions and Animal Sentience and Why They Matter: Blending ‘Science Sense’ with Common Sense, Compassion and Heart Marc Bekoff Animal Welfare: What is the Role of Science? Peter Sandøe, Stine B. Christianse