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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 January 2023

Trevor B Poole
Trevor B Poole*
Affiliation:
UFAW, Potters Bar
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I would like to point out two misunderstandings in the text of Dawkins’ letter. I did not argue ‘that mammals are unique in having behavioural needs’, but that mammals are unique in having ‘psychological needs’ which are ‘needs of the mind’ and relate to the nature of mammalian brains and survival strategies. I did not suggest that birds do not have behavioural needs.

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Letters
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Animal Welfare , Volume 1 , Issue 4 , November 1992 , pp. 309 - 311
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© 1992 Universities Federation for Animal Welfare