Despite the growing awareness of animal welfare and rights, many animals continue to suffer in various industries and situations. Factory farming, for example, is a major concern, with millions of animals being raised and killed in inhumane conditions every year. Animals are often kept in cramped and unsanitary conditions, subjected to painful procedures without anesthesia, and slaughtered in ways that cause unnecessary suffering.
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If welfare is about degrees of suffering, animal rights is about sovereignty.
Cellular agriculture (lab-grown meat) and plant-based proteins (Beyond Meat, Impossible Foods) offer a way out of the dilemma. If we can produce chicken tenders without a chicken, we don't need to argue about how much space the chicken had.
Examples of this synergy include:
