Season 1's finale reviews the progress and limits of animal welfare laws—how they have improved lives for billions yet still leave many animals in poor conditions. It contrasts the prevailing welfare paradigm, which allows killing and harmful uses of animals, with the animal rights perspective that argues animals deserve a life worth living.

In Season 2, we will explore the animal rights model and why it may offer a deeper moral shift for humans and animals alike.

Animal Rights Tour is written by Sean Butler, hosted by Carly McCann, and fact-checked by Paulina Siemieniec.

This podcast is produced by the Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law, an academic centre of competence dedicated to the study of fundamental rights for non-human animals and based in Cambridge, UK. Learn more about the Centre at animalrightslaw.org.

This episode explains how the Five Freedoms, developed from the Brambell Committee, reshaped animal protection laws worldwide and distinguishes between anti-cruelty statutes and laws promoting animal welfare, with examples from the US, New Mexico, Pakistan, Germany, and the UK (2006 Animal Welfare Act).

It also introduces the series' focus on animal rights and notes that welfare laws alone may not be enough to secure a life worth living for animals.

Animal Rights Tour is written by Sean Butler, hosted by Carly McCann, and fact-checked by Paulina Siemieniec.

This podcast is produced by the Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law, an academic centre of competence dedicated to the study of fundamental rights for non-human animals. Learn more about the Centre at animalrightslaw.org.

The Brambell Committee reviewed farm animal welfare, set practical rules (minimum cage sizes, pen space, companionship, food and water) and recommended a statutory advisory body.

The Committee’s work led to the Farm Animal Advisory Committee and the formal adoption of the Five Freedoms—freedom from hunger and thirst; discomfort; pain, injury or disease; to express normal behaviour; and from fear and distress—which became the basis for animal welfare laws worldwide.

Animal Rights Tour is written by Sean Butler, hosted by Carly McCann, and fact-checked by Paulina Siemieniec.

This podcast is produced by the Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law, an academic centre of competence dedicated to the study of fundamental rights for non-human animals. Learn more about the Centre at animalrightslaw.org.