Your answer to #3 defines your stance.
The welfare model is structured around frameworks such as the Five Freedoms (freedom from hunger, discomfort, pain, injury, fear, and the freedom to express normal behavior). In scientific research, the Three Rs (Replacement, Reduction, Refinement) guide ethical conduct. Your answer to #3 defines your stance
In a watershed moment for the field, a prominent group of neuroscientists declared that non-human animals, including all mammals, birds, and many other creatures, possess the neurological substrates that generate consciousness. This scientific consensus undermines the justification for treating animals as mere biological resources, bolstering the argument for rights. the Three Rs (Replacement