by prevention or rapid diagnosis and treatment.
The modern animal welfare movement is rooted in a utilitarian calculation: animals can feel pain and pleasure, and therefore, their suffering matters morally. Animal welfare does not argue that using animals is inherently wrong. Instead, it argues that while we use animals, we have a duty of care to minimize suffering and provide for their physical and mental needs. by prevention or rapid diagnosis and treatment
On the other side stand the . They are the iconoclasts who would tear down the ramp entirely. They argue that Rascal has a right not to live in an alley at all. They reject the doll—the token comfort, the pat on the head before the needle. A right, they insist, is not a privilege to be granted by humans. It is inherent. To them, using a pig for bacon, no matter how "humanely" raised, is a violation of that pig’s right to exist for its own purposes. They do not ask for a larger cage; they ask for the cage to be empty. Instead, it argues that while we use animals,