There’s no doubt it’s feeling something… Benjamin Rondel/Plaimpicture
鈥淢Ps quietly voted ‘that animals cannot feel pain or emotions’,鈥 claimed one headline, after the UK鈥檚 parliament voted against an amendment on animal sentience.
That has led to widespread outrage on social media, and more than one petition. But MPs did not really vote that animals cannot feel pain and suffering. Rather, they voted against the UK government having a duty to take this into account post-Brexit.
All members of the European Union signed the Lisbon treaty, which came into force in 2009. Article 13 of the treaty states that 鈥渟ince…
