But they share a vital common enemy: . Whether you are working to give a factory-farmed hen an inch more space or working to shut down the farm entirely, you have recognized a radical truth: the suffering of non-human beings matters. Their pain is real. Their lives are more than the sum of our use.
The gold standard for welfare is the originally developed for livestock but now applied across the board: But they share a vital common enemy:
Developed in 1965, these are the global standard for assessing welfare: Their lives are more than the sum of our use
In the summer of 2023, a courtroom in New York heard a remarkable argument: lawyers representing an elephant named Happy filed a writ of habeas corpus—a legal tool traditionally used by prisoners to challenge unlawful detention. They argued that Happy, a 51-year-old Asian elephant living in the Bronx Zoo, was a "legal person" deserving of bodily liberty. But they share a vital common enemy: