Progress is visible in policies like California’s Proposition 12, which mandates minimum space requirements for breeding pigs, calves, and egg-laying hens, effectively banning the sale of products from ultra-confined environments. 2. Biomedical Research and Testing
Even here, the divide exists. Welfare focuses on spaying/neutering, vaccination, and no-kill shelters. Rights activists question whether "breeding" dogs for flat faces (brachycephalic) that cannot breathe is a rights violation, and whether we have the moral standing to "own" another sentient being. and egg-laying hens