Despite progress, the challenges remain immense:
Meat grown from animal cells without slaughter is no longer science fiction. Singapore and the US have approved cultivated chicken. If this scales affordably, it collapses the entire welfarist-rightist divide. You can have the experience of meat without the moral cost. Welfare advocates will cheer the end of suffering; rights advocates will see the end of animal property.
Despite their differences, both movements have achieved significant wins together. For example, the campaign to ban cosmetic testing on animals succeeded because welfare advocates showed the practice was cruel and unnecessary, while rights advocates provided the moral urgency for abolition.
In public policy, the welfare model currently dominates. Most countries have animal cruelty laws, but none grant animals fundamental constitutional rights. However, the rights model is growing in influence, driving the rapid rise of plant-based foods, the end of circuses with wild animals, and new "personhood" cases in courts.
Millions of mice, rats, birds, rabbits, and primates are used in biomedical testing.
Despite progress, the challenges remain immense:
Meat grown from animal cells without slaughter is no longer science fiction. Singapore and the US have approved cultivated chicken. If this scales affordably, it collapses the entire welfarist-rightist divide. You can have the experience of meat without the moral cost. Welfare advocates will cheer the end of suffering; rights advocates will see the end of animal property. Despite progress, the challenges remain immense: Meat grown
Despite their differences, both movements have achieved significant wins together. For example, the campaign to ban cosmetic testing on animals succeeded because welfare advocates showed the practice was cruel and unnecessary, while rights advocates provided the moral urgency for abolition. You can have the experience of meat without the moral cost
In public policy, the welfare model currently dominates. Most countries have animal cruelty laws, but none grant animals fundamental constitutional rights. However, the rights model is growing in influence, driving the rapid rise of plant-based foods, the end of circuses with wild animals, and new "personhood" cases in courts. For example, the campaign to ban cosmetic testing
Millions of mice, rats, birds, rabbits, and primates are used in biomedical testing.