We love dogs as family. We also experiment on them. Will it come to an end?

A photo taken inside Ridglan Farms by Direct Action Everywhere activists in 2017. | Direct Action Everywhere Animal rights advocates often contrast humanity’s dismal treatment of animals farmed for food with our adoration bordering on worship of pet cats and dogs — the point being that these distinctions between animals that are equally sentient are arbitrary, hypocritical, and pointlessly cruel.  The comparison makes an important point, but it also conceals a grimmer reality: Humans treat the animals that we categorize as beloved companions horribly, too, breeding millions of them i