are something else entirely. She remembers the matriarch she was taken from; she remembers the language of vibrations through the earth that she can no longer hear because of the ambient hum of nearby traffic. Her story asks:
: The belief that animals possess fundamental rights that should not be violated for human benefit.
Despite the progress, the 21st century presents massive challenges for animal advocates:
The production of meat, dairy, and eggs has become a behemoth industry, with animals treated as nothing more than machines to be exploited for human consumption. Factory farms, also known as concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), confine animals to cramped and unsanitary conditions, denying them basic necessities like fresh air, sunlight, and social interaction.