This category examines how animals—feeling, thinking beings—are affected by the systems we build and the beliefs we uphold. Across industries and cultures, animals are treated not as individuals, but as units of production, entertainment, or research. Their emotional lives are ignored, their voices silenced. Through this section, we begin to unlearn those assumptions and rediscover animals as sentient lives: capable of affection, suffering, curiosity, and connection. It’s a reintroduction to the ones we’ve learned not to see.
The subcategories within this section provide a multi-layered view of how harm is normalized and institutionalized. Animal Sentience challenges us to recognize the inner lives of animals and the science that supports it. Animal Welfare and Rights questions our moral frameworks and highlights movements for reform and liberation. Factory Farming exposes one of the most brutal systems of mass animal exploitation—where efficiency overrides empathy. In Issues, we trace the many forms of cruelty embedded in human practices—from cages and chains to lab tests and slaughterhouses—revealing how deeply these injustices run.
Yet the purpose of this section is not only to expose cruelty—but to open a path toward compassion, responsibility, and change. When we acknowledge the sentience of animals and the systems that harm them, we also gain the power to choose differently. It’s an invitation to shift our perspective—from dominance to respect, from harm to harmony.
The sight of stray animals wandering the streets or languishing in shelters is a heartbreaking reminder of a growing crisis: homelessness among animals. Millions of cats, dogs, and other animals worldwide live without permanent homes, vulnerable to hunger, disease, and abuse. Understanding the root causes of this problem and taking actionable steps to address it can make a profound difference. For every lucky dog or cat who enjoys the warmth of a comfortable home and the unconditional love of a devoted human guardian, there are countless others whose lives are marked by hardship, neglect, and suffering. These animals face unimaginable challenges, struggling to survive on the streets or enduring mistreatment at the hands of incompetent, destitute, overwhelmed, negligent, or abusive individuals. Many languish in overcrowded animal shelters, hoping for the day they might find a loving home. Dogs, often hailed as "man's best friend," frequently face lives of torment. Many …