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Volume 1 (2016)
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Volume 2 (2017)
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Volume 3 (2018)
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Volume 4 (2019)
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Volume 5 (2020)
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Volume 6 (2021)
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Volume 7 (2022)
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Volume 8 (2023)
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Volume 9 (2024)
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Volume 10 (2025)
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Oldfield, Ronald G
(2026) Natural behavior vs. subjective experience in fish welfare assessments. Animal Sentience 36(10)
Response to Fish Welfare
Sharkey, Amanda
(2026) Artificial Sentience: The other side of the story. Animal Sentience 38(2)
Commentary on Edge of Sentience
DeGrazia, David
(2026) From the edge to the grounds of “sentientism”. Animal Sentience 38(3)
Commentary on Edge of Sentience
Briffa, Mark
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Sneddon, Lynne U
(2026) On the edge of science?. Animal Sentience 38(4)
Commentary on Edge of Sentience
Adenitire, John O
(2026) Animal ethics and the lowest common denominator. Animal Sentience 38(5)
Commentary on Edge of Sentience
Lane, Willa M
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Clayton, Nicola S
(2026) Dimensional welfare beyond pain: Extending the precautionary principle in Birch’s “The Edge of Sentience”. Animal Sentience 38(6)
Commentary on Edge of Sentience
Lakhany, Farhan
(2026) Walking the Tightrope: The Precautionary Dilemma of Neutrality and Guidance. Animal Sentience 38(7)
Commentary on Edge of Sentience

Soper, Christine M and Dijkstra, Peter D (2026) Aggression and fish welfare: challenges and opportunities. Animal Sentience 36(9)
Commentary on Fish Welfare