We thought we were playing god, creating a better beast. Instead, we just made a worse human.
The debate between animal welfare and animal rights is not a sign of a movement divided; it is a sign of a movement maturing. One side pushes for the utopian ideal of complete abolition, forcing us to ask uncomfortable questions about our right to dominate other species. The other side works in the trenches of politics and farming, fighting for every inch of concrete floor replaced with straw, every inch of cage door opened. Bestiality -27-
You cannot unlearn this science. Once you accept that a pig has the cognitive capacity of a three-year-old human, the welfare argument ("we’ll stun him quickly") starts to feel hollow. We thought we were playing god, creating a better beast