Set sentience- and harm-based animal standards, end extreme confinement, enforce humane handling, accelerate human-relevant research alternatives, and publish auditable welfare outcomes.
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The specific delta between this position and the current mainstream approaches of both major parties.
The 2024 Democratic platform discussed conservation, wildlife, food systems, and research but did not state a complete animal-welfare architecture. The 2024 Republican platform emphasized producer freedom, food abundance, hunting, fishing, and reduced federal regulation. This position reaches a direct conclusion: severe avoidable suffering warrants enforceable minimums, and innovation should expand both human-relevant science and practical compliance.
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