Are farm animals emotional?

<p>Do farm animals experience emotions, or are the behaviours people perceive as emotions purely an instinctive response?&nbsp; Do cows, for example, feel happy or depressed?&nbsp; And should a farm animal's ability to react instinctively, or to respond emotionally, affect the way that we care for and handle livestock?<br> <br> <a href="https://twitter.com/ffinlocostain">ffinlo Costain</a>, the chief executive of <a href="https://www.farmwel.org.uk/">Farmwel</a>, is joined by <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-main-86898113/">Professor David Main</a> from the <a href="https://twitter.com/RoyalAgUni">Royal Agricultural University</a>, and by Rachel Horler, a cattle farmer from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Maundrils-562198780503947/">Maundrils Farm</a> in Somerset, UK.</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/farmgate/message