Animal Agency and Consent: Emerging Frameworks for Welfare Science and Practice
Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Questions about whether and how animals can express preferences, exercise agency, and signal consent are gaining increasing attention in animal welfare science and animal ethics as well as in practice such as in homes, veterinary settings, training activities, and animal shelters. This special collection invites empirical and theoretical contributions that explore animal agency, consent, and autonomy — and their imp…