The Case Against Intensive Farming of Food Animals

Causation, Responsibility, and Harm: How the Discursive Shift from Law and Ethics to Social Justice Sealed the Plight of Nonhuman Animals

“…43 Species-typical behavior usually goes hand in hand with animal welfare, which is why it is important not to interfere with it in the wild, 44 and why we should secure for companion, display, farm, and laboratory animals the freedom to express normal behavior-for instance, "by providing sufficient space, proper facilities and company of the animal's own kind." 45 Breaches against these are, however, the norm rather than the exception in many parts of industrial food production, 46 animal entertainment, 47,48,49 and our exploitation of the natural environment, 50 while scientific experimentation with animals is also struggling to get the balance right. 51 In addition to these, some animals are psychological persons.…”

Listen to Us: Perceptions of Animal Voice and Agency

“…The idea that animals lack rationality and mind, and that this distinction justifies the depersonalisation and commodification of animals as resources for humans, prevails in certain scientific, economic, social, and political systems today [13]. Conditions for most animals, both wild and domestic, have worsened in the last two centuries due to the intensification of both terrestrial and marine factory farming [14][15][16][17][18][19][20], the increasing destruction and disturbance of wild animal habitats for urban and agricultural land development [21][22][23][24][25], and the impacts of climate change such as wildfires, desertification, ocean acidification, rising nutrient loads in water bodies, and more frequent extreme weather events [26][27][28][29][30].…”