- Government introduces Bill to formally recognise animals as sentient beings
- Animal Sentience Committee will put animal sentience at heart of government policy
- Bill introduced as part of government’s first of a kind Action Plan for Animal Welfare
Vertebrate animals will be recognised as sentient beings for the first time in UK law thanks to the introduction of the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill, introduced in Parliament today.
The legislation will also ensure that animal sentience is taken into account when developing policy across Government through the creation of a Animal Sentience Committee which will be made up of animal experts from within the field.
By enshrining sentience in domestic law in this way, any new legislation will have to take into account the fact that animals can experience feelings such as pain or joy. The Bill will underpin the Government’s Action Plan for Animal Welfare, which launched yesterday and sets out the government’s plans to improve standards and eradicate cruel practices for animals both domestically and internationally.
The Bill’s introduction, fulfilling a key Manifesto commitment, will further the UK’s position as a world-leader on animal welfare. Now […]
We are finally becoming conscious beings.
Thank you so much for posting this article.
How about every country recognize all humans as sentient beings, & not corporations?
It is so obvious that all animals are sentient. My dog was so depressed when my wife died 2 days after Christmas that he would not even eat for two weeks. He had so much love for her that he was very depressed as am I still. This is a sign of true sentience: having love for a human so much that a dog stops eating. I finally got him to eat by heating his food up in the microwave which changed his habits and helped him start eating again.
Did they check with God?
Aren’t we all aspects of the infinite creative presence some call God? I’m supposing you are dismissing that other creatures than human can be sentient?