There are cages that enslave but there are also cages that protect. As humanity as a whole becomes more civilized more people condemn cases of animal cruelty, however it is far from truth that all animals should live free. They have the right to live free? Sure. But for some their only survival option is to live in cages.
But that's our fault some animals lost their environment and can no longer live out in the open world! Really? Humans are part of nature and have the same right to use the planet as other animals. But we are better than that. If we behaved like other species we would've destroyed Earth long ago. Instead we limit ourselves through birth control, we establish areas where human activity is forbidden, we try to minimize our impact on the environment (surely it is in our best interest too, but that only makes short term expenses for long term gains easier to swallow), we actively provide protection for other animals, hell, we even kill poachers in some areas - what other animal puts life of other species over its own kind?
There is also the question of animals and plants that are considered beneficial to humans (like cows or corn). From the evolutionary perspective they achieved great success as they rode along our own expansion, they might even one day proliferate to other planets - the feat they would never reach on their own. But as it happened they changed, we changed them so they fit our needs better. For many it means they can no longer be free, because the environment they fit best is the one that we humans provide. By the way, that free ride can come to an abrupt end. Imagine what would happen if we started to mass produce synthetic food (like lab grown meat) - something we can already do. If it was cheaper than traditional agriculture then all those large portions of land now used for growing crops and pasture will in part return to nature and in part become new human settlements. The farm animals will no longer be needed which means they will no longer be bred - their species will go to the brink of extinction really quickly.
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