Welfare is a sliding scale. A battery hen crammed into a cage is at the low end; a free-range hen with outdoor access is at the high end. But crucially, in the welfare model, the hen is still slaughtered. The goal is a better death and a less miserable life .
The gold standard of the welfare movement is the , initially drafted by the UK’s Farm Animal Welfare Council in 1965. These five benchmarks serve as the moral compass for vets, zookeepers, and farmers worldwide. Welfare is a sliding scale
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