What should we do about sheep? The role of intelligence in welfare considerations

Heather Browning

doi:10.51291/2377-7478.1460

What should we do about sheep? The role of intelligence in welfare considerations

Heather Browning^*

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Marino & Merskin (2019) demonstrate that sheep are more cognitively complex than typically thought. We should be cautious in interpreting the implications of these results for welfare considerations to avoid perpetuating mistaken beliefs about the moral value of intelligence as opposed to sentience. There are, however, still important ways in which this work can help improve sheeps’ lives.

Original language	English
Article number	235
Journal	Animal Sentience
Volume	4
Issue number	25
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.51291/2377-7478.1460
Publication status	Published - 2019

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