I wrote a great many words, and then deleted them all. The moment I realized none of them would change anything, a wave of futility washed over me. But I will write anyway. As I’ve said before, I owe myself that much. I believe this: In any place where human labor is cheap, human life will be cheap as well. And where human life is cheap, the fate of animals is already decided. This is not sentiment—it is an observable, repeatable law. Civilization has never been defined by a