Regardless of where you fall on the spectrum, one fact is undeniable: We have moved past the Cartesian view that animals are automata (unfeeling machines). The question is no longer if animals suffer, but how much we are willing to inconvenience ourselves to stop it.
Modern welfare science is empirical: it measures cortisol levels, behavioral indicators of stress, and preference tests to determine what animals find aversive. The welfare position has achieved concrete successes, such as the ban on veal crates in the EU and Proposition 12 in California mandating space for egg-laying hens. Bestiality Girl and Dog -Animal Sex- Bestiality-.avi
The legal status of animals is slowly evolving from "objects" to "sentient beings." Regardless of where you fall on the spectrum,
