Audience of "A Universal Declaration on Animal Sentience: No Pretending"

The audience of "A Universal Declaration on Animal Sentience: No Pretending" by Dr. Mark Bekoff is mostly compiled of liberals from the Millennial and "Z" generations. Millennials are those who were growing up during the turn of the century and those in "generation Z" would be born just before or just after the turn of the century. The concept of animal sentience is unlikely to be even considered by any earlier generation. As Christianity was more popular in earlier generations and the Bible implies that only humans are capable of complex thought and emotions, it is incredibly unlikely that any earlier generation could accept the idea that animals could have human-like emotions. Also, the animal rights movement was still in early stages until recent years. Recent generations have grown up with the ideals of the movement present in their society. Therefore, we are now more likely to accept an idea like this that would have been completely discounted in the past. It is likely that future generations will be even more willing to accept an article such as this one.