Animal welfare focuses on the well-being of animals under human care. It operates on the premise that humans can utilize animals for food, research, companion companionship, and labor, provided that the animals are treated humanely. The goal is to minimize suffering and maximize quality of life.
Access to fresh water and a diet to maintain health. Animal welfare focuses on the well-being of animals
If we are living with them —as co-sentients on a fragile planet—then the rights framework is our moral horizon. We may not reach total abolition in our lifetimes, but we can abolish the worst atrocities. We can grant personhood to the great apes. We can ban the industrial farm. Animal welfare focuses on the well-being of animals