B. Harm, death and welfare

9 arguments in Part DIR.

Underlying question: Does killing without suffering harm the individual?
Dominant error: Moral and empirical

A contradiction in terms: there is no compassionate way to kill someone who does not want to die

They're still killed young; labels have little to do with practice, and changing the scale doesn't change the act

The industry exists to meet demand: system and consumer sustain each other

A good life doesn't license taking it; the idea is absurd applied to dogs or humans

Bringing someone into existence gives no right to kill them

Male chicks and calves are discarded, and cows and hens are slaughtered when production drops

Laws allow confinement, mutilations without anesthesia and the killing of newborns

Much of what they show is standard, legal industry practice

The incentive is small and partial; it doesn't cover suffering that doesn't affect profit