To understand the future of our relationship with non-human animals, one must first descend into the philosophical trench that separates these two movements.
The deepest resistance to animal rights is not scientific—the science of sentience is clear. It is not logical—the logic of consistency is sound. It is . People like the taste of bacon. They like the convenience of drug testing. They like watching horse racing. To understand the future of our relationship with
Providing an appropriate environment including shelter and a comfortable resting area. They like watching horse racing
We are seeing the rise of . Cultivated meat (grown from cells without slaughter) and plant-based proteins (Impossible, Beyond) offer a potential off-ramp from the welfare/rights debate. If you can eat a burger with no animal death, the rights advocate gets their abolition, and the welfare advocate gets their protein. The question is whether the technology can scale cheaply enough to replace the dollar menu. the rights advocate gets their abolition