Ethics and invertebrates: a cephalopod perspective

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dc.contributor.authorMather, Jennifer A.
dc.contributor.authorAnderson, Roland C.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-30T18:39:00Z
dc.date.available2019-08-30T18:39:00Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.descriptionSherpa Romeo green journal. Permission to archive final published versionen_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper first explores 3 philosophical bases for attitudes to invertebrates, Contractarian/Kantian, Utilitarian, and Rights-based, and what they lead us to conclude about how we use and care for these animals. We next discuss the problems of evaluating pain and suffering in invertebrates, pointing out that physiological responses to stress are widely similar across the animal kingdom and that most animals show behavioral responses to potentially painful stimuli. Since cephalopods are often used as a test group for consideration of pain, distress and proper conditions for captivity and handling, we evaluate their behavioral and cognitive capacities. Given these capacities, we then discuss practical issues: minimization of their pain and suffering during harvesting for food; ensuring that captive cephalopods are properly cared for, stimulated and allowed to live as full a life as possible; and, lastly, working for their conservation.en_US
dc.description.peer-reviewYesen_US
dc.identifier.citationMather, J. A., & Anderson, R. C. (2007). Ethics and invertebrates: A cephalopod perspective. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 75, 119-129. doi:10.3354/dao075119en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5539
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherInter Researchen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Lethbridgeen_US
dc.publisher.institutionSeattle Aquariumen_US
dc.subjectInvertebratesen_US
dc.subjectEthicsen_US
dc.subjectCephalopodsen_US
dc.subjectAnimal painen_US
dc.subjectAnimal sufferingen_US
dc.subject.lcshPain in animals
dc.subject.lcshCephalopoda as laboratory animals
dc.subject.lcshInvertebrates as laboratory animals
dc.titleEthics and invertebrates: a cephalopod perspectiveen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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