Pigs can feel pain and fear and isolation causes them stress. They can learn from each other, show empathy, use mirrors to locate food and enjoy being given brain-teasers.
This briefing outlines recent investigations into pig sentiency from the scientific literature.
Examples from the scientific literature of the many impressive ways that pigs display their sentiency.
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