重新思考科学中的无脊椎动物福利

Edited by Jennifer Sills The welfare of invertebrates used in research, such as these honey bees, has not been incorporated into international standards. Rethinking invertebrate welfare in science Invertebrates, long believed to be simple automatons, can exhibit affective-like states, including enduring behavioral shifts after positive experiences (1). Despite this evidence, legal and ethical protections for animal research and industry remain concentrated on vertebrates (2, 3), with only limited recognition of cephalopods and decapod crustaceans in some jurisdictions. Insects and other invertebrates remain outside formal welfare considerations (4). To fill this protection gap, policy-makers should integrate invertebrates with centralized nervous systems into ethical and policy frameworks. …