Lumene

You heard it here first. Sarah Mclachlan ruins even Sarah Mclachlan's day.

It was a joke concerning the ASPCA commercials, I actually grew up listening to your albums. My dad was a big fan.

~In the arrrrrrrms of the angels~

Speaking as an agricultural geneticist, what precisely is the problem of breeding? You're talking as if any amount of selective breeding is anathema to animal rights at all. Especially with the use of the word "Grotesque".

Apples taste much better and are bigger than their ancestral counterparts, wheat doesn't shatter, corn is much much bigger than teosinte. I don't see anyone labeling these as "Grotesque". We've simply gotten better at shaping nature to our own ends and creating model animals that are better suited to our particular needs. This smacks of "Back to nature" naturalistic fallaciousness.

I have no delusions about the priorities and motivations of businesses. And yes, fast growing broiler chickens maximize profit. But having excessive risk for broken legs reduces profits through unhealthy animals, which cost extra money. Those risks are minimized when possible through the same mechanism they were introduced. Breeding.