{"id":59456,"date":"2015-06-15T12:00:19","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T11:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=59456"},"modified":"2015-06-11T21:13:46","modified_gmt":"2015-06-11T20:13:46","slug":"animals-get-legal-recognition-as-sentient-beings-in-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/06\/animals-get-legal-recognition-as-sentient-beings-in-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"Animals Get Legal Recognition as \u2018Sentient\u2019 Beings in New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/headlineImage.adapt_.1460.high_.ringling_bros_animal_rights_a.1426090048040-elephant.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-55439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/headlineImage.adapt_.1460.high_.ringling_bros_animal_rights_a.1426090048040-elephant-1024x639.jpg\" alt=\"headlineImage.adapt.1460.high.ringling_bros_animal_rights_a.1426090048040 elephant\" width=\"700\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/headlineImage.adapt_.1460.high_.ringling_bros_animal_rights_a.1426090048040-elephant-1024x639.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/headlineImage.adapt_.1460.high_.ringling_bros_animal_rights_a.1426090048040-elephant-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/headlineImage.adapt_.1460.high_.ringling_bros_animal_rights_a.1426090048040-elephant.jpg 1460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>8 Jun 2015-<em> New legislation in New Zealand dictates that animals can feel both positive and negative emotions, and takes steps to improve animal welfare in research.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Animal Welfare Amendment Bill, passed in May, also says that owners must \u201cattend properly to the welfare of those animals\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo say that animals are sentient is to state explicitly that they can experience both positive and negative emotions, including pain and distress,\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.animalequality.net\/\" >www.animalequality.net<\/a> quotes Dr Virginia Williams, chair of the country\u2019s National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee, as saying.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ratos.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-46477\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ratos.jpg\" alt=\"ratos\" width=\"270\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe explicitness is what is new and marks another step along the animal welfare journey,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation also marks progress in connection with animal testing for research purposes.<\/p>\n<p>It dictates that checks must now be made as to whether there has been \u201cassessment of the suitability of using non-sentient or non-living alternatives in the project,\u201d and \u201creplacement of animals as subjects with suitable non-sentient or non-living alternatives\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Independent reports that president of the New Zealand Veterinary Association, Dr Steve Merchant, said: \u201cExpectations on animal welfare have been rapidly changing. The bill brings legislation in line with our nation\u2019s changing attitude on the status of animals in society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/positivenews.org.uk\/2015\/environment\/17677\/animals-legal-recognition-sentient-beings-zealand\/\" >Go to Original \u2013 positivenews.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8 Jun 2015- New legislation in New Zealand dictates that animals can feel both positive and negative emotions, and takes steps to improve animal welfare in research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[170],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animal-rights-vegetarianism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59456\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}