Abuse of animals

1833: 

Farmers don’t recognise that animals are entitled to a life of their own, where human interests play no part at all. To any animal-farmer, animals are simply a resource for human convenience. To build up any sort of relationship other than an abusive one is unthinkable. After all, he does intend to have it murdered.

So, animals are there to profit from. That they’re abused is incidental. Any docile animal is a business opportunity. Keeping up with business competition makes shareholders happy but compromises ‘principles’, at which point the abuse starts.