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the radical idea that a creature's capacity to suffer matters more than its usefulness to you.
means the ethical and practical concern for how animals experience their lives, especially the ones humans farm, cage, test on, or keep as pets.
from formalized in britain with the 1822 martin's act against cattle cruelty, then codified into the five freedoms in 1965 after a report on factory farming shocked the public.
five freedomsfrom hunger, discomfort, pain, fear, and to express normal behavior
welfare vs rightswelfare allows use if humane; rights opposes use entirely
eu policyrecognizes animals as sentient beings by law since 2009