A number of animal groups are campaigning for alternatives to the gestation crate for pigs. But, on closer examination, these measures, which involve costly campaigns, really do not amount to very much in that there are considerable loopholes that allow institutional exploiters to do what they want in any event. I wrote a blog essay, A “Triumph” of Animal Welfare?, about the gestation crate campaign in Florida, which illustrates the limits of such reforms. The same may be said of most animal welfare “improvements.” They may make us feel better but they do very little for the animals. ^written in 2007 abolitionistapproach/the-four-problems-of-animal-welfare-in-a-nutshell/#.U9FdgFYQcbQ
Posted on: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 23:44:06 +0000
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