Animal Emotions and Animal Rights Law: First Animal Rights Lecture 2023

The first Animal Rights Lecture was given in March 2023 by Professor Frans de Waal on Animal Emotions and Animal Rights Law.

Professor Frans de Waal is a Dutch/American biologist and primatologist known for his work on the behaviour and social intelligence of primates. His first book, Chimpanzee Politics (1982), compared the schmoozing and scheming of chimpanzees involved in power struggles with that of human politicians. His scientific work has been published in hundreds of technical articles in journals such as Science, Nature, Scientific American, and outlets specialized in animal behaviour. His popular books - translated into 20+ languages - have made him one of the world's most visible primatologists. His latest books are Mama’s Last Hug (Norton, 2019) and Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist (Norton, 2022). De Waal is C. H. Candler Professor Emeritus at Emory University and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Utrecht University. He has been elected to the (US) National Academy of Sciences as well as the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2007, Time declared him one of The World’s 100 Most Influential People Today.

De Waal's lecture theme was emotions in animals, where increasing understanding provides further evidence for the concept that animals and humans are on a single continuum, and therefore supports the proposition that many of the fundamental legal distinctions between animals and humans need to be rethought.

The Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law (https://animalrightslaw.org/) is a UK-registered educational charity. The Annual Animal Rights Law Lecture is generously sponsored by the Jeremy Coller Foundation, as well as a generous donation from the Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law & Policy.

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