That's exactly the point the article makes - we care about dogs and cats, so we believe they "suffer". We don't care about pigs, so we say they don't mind being factory farmed.
That's exactly the point the article makes - we care about dogs and cats, so we believe they "suffer". We don't care about pigs, so we say they don't mind being factory farmed.
I don't see what that has to do with consciousness. Suffering is one thing, consciousness is another.
By definition you can only suffer if you are consciousness.
> Physical pain or suffering, as a matter of fact, happens through conscious minds and involves emotional aspects
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffering