{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"HappyCow","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog","author_name":"John Edmundson","author_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/author\/johnnysensible\/","title":"How To Balance Animal Rights And Animal Welfare? - HappyCow","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"P4fCjpdi2s\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/how-to-balance-animal-rights-and-animal-welfare\/\">How To Balance Animal Rights And Animal Welfare?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/how-to-balance-animal-rights-and-animal-welfare\/embed\/#?secret=P4fCjpdi2s\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;How To Balance Animal Rights And Animal Welfare?&#8221; &#8212; HappyCow\" data-secret=\"P4fCjpdi2s\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Growlmini.jpg","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":400,"description":"Let us seriously consider: &#8211; How to balance animal rights and animal welfare? First a quote from a 2014 book which I am very fond of &#8211; ~ I ask myself\u00a0continuously how to balance the utopian vision of animal rights with\u00a0the pragmatic politics of animal welfare. For the sake of the animals,\u00a0I always take the side of rights over welfare; however, there are times,\u00a0particularly in the political arena, when welfare or regulation is the\u00a0only option available. As has often been said, politics is the art of the\u00a0possible. Nevertheless, I believe that any compromise must always\u00a0be situated in the context of ending animal cruelty and exploitation. ~ &#8211; Kim Stallwood in Growl. Kim&#8217;s book is essential reading for anyone concerned about animal rights. \u2026\u2026 &#8230;&#8230;and now a quote from\u00a0a 1900 essay &#8211; which we were very happy to &#8216;find&#8217; &amp; add to our Ernest Bell Library collection. Henry S. Salt was a &#8216;forward thinker&#8217;. ~ &#8230;&#8230;be both restrictionists and abolitionists at once. Humanitarians have a hard fight before them against the power of cruelty and oppression, and they cannot afford to refrain from using their intellects as well as their hearts. Stupidity, in such a contest, will retard the noblest cause. [&hellip;]"}