Chickens are capable of feeling empathy, scientists believe.
"Domestic chickens display signs of empathy, the ability to ''feel another's pain'' that is at the heart of compassion, a study has found.
2:48AM GMT 09 Mar 2011
The discovery has important implications for the welfare of farm and laboratory animals, say researchers.
Empathy, long thought to be a defining human trait, causes one individual to be affected by the emotional state of another.
Feelings are ''mirrored'' in the observer, leading to a shared experience of being happy, sad or distressed."
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This opens a new discussion regarding the ethics of eating chickens .
"Domestic chickens display signs of empathy, the ability to ''feel another's pain'' that is at the heart of compassion, a study has found.
2:48AM GMT 09 Mar 2011
The discovery has important implications for the welfare of farm and laboratory animals, say researchers.
Empathy, long thought to be a defining human trait, causes one individual to be affected by the emotional state of another.
Feelings are ''mirrored'' in the observer, leading to a shared experience of being happy, sad or distressed."
The rest at :
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/8370301/Chickens-are-capable-of-feeling-empathy-scientists-believe.html
This opens a new discussion regarding the ethics of eating chickens .
