I maintain that we ought to abolish the institution and stop causing or facilitating the existence of more 'companion' animals.

When it comes to animal agriculture, there is conventional, which is rally hideous, and 'compassionate' and 'certified humane' or whatever, which 'may' be 'slightly' less hideous. But it is all torture. It's all wrong. These 'happy' gimmicks are just designed to make the public feel better about exploiting animals. Don't buy the propaganda of 'happy' exploitation. Go vegan and promote veganism.

We cannot justify treating any sentient nonhuman as our property, as a resource, as a thing that we an use and kill for our purposes.

Animal rights without veganism is like human rights with slavery. It makes no sense. None whatsoever.

Because animals are property, we consider as "humane treatment" that we would regard as torture if it were inflicted on humans.

Not only are the philosophies of animal rights and animal welfare separated by irreconcilable differences... the enactment of animal welfare measures actually impedes the achievement of animal rights... Welfare reforms, by their very nature, can only serve to retard the pace at which animal rights goals are achieved.

If you claim to 'love' animals but you eat animal products, you need to think critically about how you understand love.