A cutting-edge research centre that’s designed to transform our understanding of animal feelings and rewrite the rules on how we live alongside them will launch this autumn at the London School of Economics.
The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience is backed by £4m in funding from the Jeremy Coller Foundation, the philanthropic vehicle of private equity entrepreneur Jeremy Coller. The centre’s inaugural director, Prof Jonathan Birch, said the world-first facility would be a place for ‘ethical moonshots’, which will strive to put Britain back at the forefront of animal welfare. “Let’s make a world in which all sentient beings are respected, even the smallest ones,” he said.”
“Our goal is to use the emerging science of animal minds to design better policies, laws, and ways of caring for other animals,” he said. “Our centre … won’t change everything overnight, but it can change the conversation in the UK and beyond – and help us rediscover who we are.”
