For over 100 years a chasm has separated animal lovers – who know that their dog, cat, horse, or parrot have complex emotional lives – and scientists, to whom attributing any emotions to animals has been equivalent to heresy. And while a groundswell among a new generation of scientists has begun chipping away at this …

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Written by Michelle Kretzer Zoos have long tried to hide the cruelty of captivity behind a mask of “conservation education.” But a new study shows that learning is usually not the outcome. Sociologists in the United Kingdom gathered data from children between the ages of 7 and 15, both before and after they visited the London …

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  “A captive wild animal can never truly experience a life free from suffering and cruelty. No matter how well they are looked after in captivity, only in their wild environment can all the animals’ needs be fully met. When you see a captive wild animal on your holiday, often you can’t see the cruelty. …

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