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04/10/2022

Less than a year after opening in July 2021, Owamni was named 2022's Best New Restaurant in the United States by the James Beard Foundation – whose annual awards recognise exceptional talent in the culinary arts, hospitality, media and the broader food world. The accolade is big deal for any restaurant, but a monumental one when a decolonised menu is on the table. At Owamni, this means never using ingredients introduced to North America after Europeans arrived – including cane sugar, wheat, dairy, pork and chicken. Instead, only indigenous ingredients like turkey, bison, walleye, beans, wild rice, mushrooms, sweet potatoes, herbs, maple syrup and blue corn are featured.

02/10/2022

While putting paintbrush to canvas isn't by any means a natural activity for a chimpanzee, elephant, or any other non-human animal, it is thought to help introduce some novelty into the lives of those animals. Painting is an activity through which the animals can exercise their minds, instead of just their bodies – “enriching” the otherwise boring captive environment. The idea is to stop the animals reverting to repetitive, compulsive behaviours. But does it work?

02/10/2022

02/10/2022

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30/09/2022

An animal can meet a criterion with a high, medium or low level of confidence, depending on how conclusive or inconclusive the research is. If an animal meets seven or more of the criteria, Browning and her colleagues argue there is "very strong" evidence that the animal is sentient. If it meets five or more with a high level of confidence, there is "strong evidence" of sentience, and so on.