‘Animal sentience’: how Michael Gove and George Eustice get it wrong

BBC radio wants Charlie to debate sentience, consciousness, empathy and, if animals display these, should we be banned from shooting them? So Charlie goes to see his dad. Martin Jacoby says the first problem that most people face in this debate is a failure to understand the language.

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