(the philosophical belief that animals have inherent rights to life and freedom) often highlight the emotional lives and sentience of animals. Notable Stories of Welfare and Rights The One and Only Ivan : A powerful fictional story based on the real-life gorilla
A welfarist supports cage-free hens, larger gestation crates for pigs, humane slaughter methods (e.g., stunning before exsanguination), and the use of analgesics in animal research. They do not seek to abolish these industries, but to reform them.
The tension between these camps creates the most interesting ethical battlegrounds.