The paradox on our plates

Future Perfect by Vox Media Podcast Network

Sep 23, 202025:17Society & Culture

In the US, we spend billions of dollars a year pampering our pets. We have laws to protect them from harm and to punish those who inflict it on them. And yet, we routinely abuse pigs and chickens on farms, cutting off th...

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